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The Wright Brothers ** When The Wright Brothers were young their father gave them a rubber band helicopter and ever since the Wright brothers loved the mysteries of mechanics. Later in life they opened a bicycle shop as their first business. They were brilliant in mechanics. Otto Lilienthal influenced them in the power of flight. The Wright Brothers began constructing their own version of a glider made of cotton cloth for wings. Then they made a 12 horse power engine attached to two propellers by bicycle chains. Then on December 17, 1903, on Kitty Hawk beach in North Carolina, the first machine powered airplane was born. The plane flew for 12 seconds then for 59 seconds and 856 feet. After they made that first flight they went home and decided to make more airplanes. They tested them in a wind tunnel they had made. At the end of their research, they had a very different glider. After the first flight they weren’t appreciated by anyone right away and they went to France to show their airplane to the public. They flew for a crowd with perfect control. Then after that they went to the world’s first air meeting. Later Orville and Wilber Wright died in their old age. What Wilber and Orville Wright did changed the world. Now we’re able to fly from place to place. We can import things from all over. Flight changed the way we live. Works Cited Busby, Peter, and David Craig. __First to Fly How Wilbur and Orville Wright Invented the Airplane__. New York: Crown Books for Young Readers, 2003. __ First Flight __. 21 May 2009 . Rinard, Judith E. __Book of flight__. Willowdale, Ont: Firefly Books, 2001. __ The World Almanac for Kids Online __. 21 May 2009 .
 * By Liam **