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First published in 2006 by Red Rocket Readers, an imprint of Flying Start Books Ltd.

Reprinted 2007, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017.

13/45 Karepiro Drive, Auckland 0932, New Zealand.

story John Lockyer

Printed in New Zealand

Photographs on cover and pages 4, 8 and 14 supplied by Photo Library

Photograph on page 1 supplied by iStock Photo

Photograph on page 16 supplied by Jupiter Unlimited

All other photographs supplied by Stock Central

This book is copyright. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in

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from the publisher.

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Word Count = 356

Every year, hundreds of millions of people travel by plane from one

part of the world to another. Today people can eat, sleep, and watch

movies on a plane. They can be in the air for hours. The rst plane

that ever ew had no cabin, no seats, two propellors, two wings and

only a small engine. It stayed in the air for just 12 seconds!

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Use Table of Contents to locate specific information.

Refer to Glossary to clarify basic concepts.

Identify use of suffix ly for adverbs: safely slowly

Understand use of apostrophe for possession: gliders'

Notice adjectives used to add meaning: strong light

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ISBN 978-1-776853-60-1

First Flight

written by John Lockyer

Contents Page

Flying machines 2-3

The Wright brothers 4

Gliders 5-6

The Flyer 7

Kittyhawk 8

First pilot 9

Down the rails 10

Lift-off 11-12

Longest flight 13

Flying 14-15

A passenger plane 16

Years ago , people watched birds fly

and wished that they could fly , too .

Some people tried to fly using kites ,

gliders , and balloons . These flying

machines had no power . They needed

the wind to stay up in the air .

Orville and Wilbur Wright lived in

the United States . They were both

interested in flying . They built large

gliders with strong , light materials .

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They tied strings to the gliders '

wings and flew them like kites . Then

they pulled the strings to keep the

wings straight . The gliders helped

them learn how air moves .

One glider was big enough to carry

a person . Wilbur flew in it for ten

seconds . He found out how to keep

the glider level in the air .

glider

The two brothers built many flying

machines . One machine had an engine ,

control levers , two wings , and two

propellers . They called it the Flyer .

In 1903 , the Wright brothers took

the Flyer to the sand dunes near Kitty

Hawk in North Carolina . The Flyer was

put on long rails on top of the sand .

The Flyer

Orville and Wilbur tossed a coin to

see which one would be the first pilot .

Orville won . He had to lie down on the

bottom wing between the two propellers .

The Flyer rolled slowly down the rails .

Orville used his hands and his hips

to work the control levers . He didnt

have a crash helmet or a safety belt !

The wind was strong , so Wilbur ran

beside the Flyer . He held onto the wing

to stop it from dropping into the sand .

Lift - off ! The Flyer wobbled , but it

stayed in the air for seconds !

Orville had made the worlds first

powered flight.

Lift - off

Orville and Wilbur made four

more flights on that special

day . The longest time the Flyer

stayed in the air was seconds .

The Wright brothers built more

planes . They learned how to turn

them in the air . They also learned

how to land safely . Soon they

could fly for as long as an hour .

Then they built a plane with a seat

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