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People flew first hot air balloons.

The Montgolfier brothers built a balloon in France that flew in 1783.

(picture from National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution)

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Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful flying machine.

Movie from 1903 in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

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Improvement

Louis Bleriot made the first airplane with only one set of wings in 1907.

monoplane

biplane

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Airplanes in World War I (1914-1918)

Countries used planes to see what their enemies were doing.

Later, they put guns on airplanes.

pictures from www.militarymachines.com

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First Uses for Airplanes

During peacetime, people put on airshows to make money. The first air show was in France in 1909. Pilots did tricks to entertain people.

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Planes got better. They could fly higher and farther.

Charles Lindbergh was the first person to fly nonstop by himself (solo) across the Atlantic Ocean in May of 1927. Amelia Earhart flew across the Atlantic in 1932.

(picture from USA Today)

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People started using jet-powered planes in World War II (1939-1945).

picture from Pearl Harbor Warbirds

Jet engines were invented by Frank Whittle in England in 1937.

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First Supersonic Aircraft

Bell Laboratories made a plane that could fly faster than sound. They were in the United States. The year was 1946. Going faster than sound is called “supersonic”.

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Passenger Airplanes

Invention of the Passenger Jet

Sir Geoffrey de Havilland thought of DH106 ‘Comet’ in 1943 and it first flew on 27 July 1949.

In 1958, passenger jets started taking paying customers across the Atlantic Ocean.

pictures from Century of Flight

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Flying Now

More people fly than ever before.
The Federal Aviation Administration tries to keep everyone safe.

EAS Barcelona

Boeing 787 Dreamliner

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What is good about flying?

SFO Museum

You can visit friends and relatives far away.

Mail and packages can be delivered quickly.

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What is good about airplanes?

People can fly to famous hospitals to get medical treatment.

Sometimes when people get an organ transplant, the organ has to travel by plane because that is fast.

European Air Ambulance

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What is good about airplanes?

People can travel to take vacations or to see famous places.

FamiliesGo!

Many people have jobs because of traveling, tourists, and vacations.

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What is good about airplanes?

Planes can take supplies to places where there is a disaster.

AFC.AF.MIL

Brave pilots find out about hurricanes. That helps people know what to do to stay safe.

Scholastic News

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What is bad about airplanes?

Flying is expensive.
Weather can cause delays.
Airplanes can crash.

seatmaestro.com

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What is bad about airplanes?

Flying causes pollution.
Air pollution causes climate change.
Noise pollution makes people who live near the airport unhappy.

YouMatter.com

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What is bad about airplanes?

Airplanes can carry germs.
Airplanes can carry invasive species.

WEAU.com

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What do you think?

inc magazine

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“Airplanes (Audio Description Version).” Discovery Education, Discovery Education, 2007, app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/videos/d5dd6d0b-52ad-4037-9099-e12bd0a2cd26.

"Wright Brothers First Flight, 1903." YouTube, uploaded by Old Movie Collector, 26 Jan. 2015, https://youtu.be/-kjRL-Q-KBc . Accessed 10 Apr. 2021.

"Invasive Species." YouTube, uploaded by Entomological Society of America, 15 ME. 2013, https://youtu.be/HAY_UsGjyZk Accessed 10 Apr. 2021.