Evaluation:
Published: 01.12.1996.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'A Hundred Years of Flight', 1.
  • Essays 'A Hundred Years of Flight', 2.
Extract

The history of flight begins as early as the Greek Gods. The experiments and attempts to fly were unsuccessful until the early 1900s, where two brothers, Orville and Wilbert Wright, designed a glider that was finally a success. It took them years to research the works of others who experimented with flight.
By 1900 they carefully started designing their first full-sized aircraft, which was at first to be used as a kite and controlled from the ground. …

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