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The very first airplane flew in North Carolina near a small town named Kitty Hawk. The date was December 17,1903. The creators of the first airplane were the Wright brothers(Orville and Wilbur). The pilot was Orville. He managed to stay in the air for 12 seconds covering 120ft.
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After the plane was a success, the Wright brothers devoted lots of time trying to develop their invention to make it more reliable and stronger than ever.
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By the year 1905 the Wright brothers managed to improve the airplane so it could last longer in the air. And they succeeded. They could keep the airplane in the air for about 40 min.
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The airplane was a huge success in life and in war. In World War 1 planes were used a lot, but they were very dangerous because the airplane was still a pretty new invention, and they were made out of wood, so they were not very reliable at times.
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Also with the invention of planes Charles Lindbergh completed the first solo non-stop trans-Atlantic flight ever.
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Three years after Charles Lindbergh flew across Atlantic a British inventor Frank Whittle invents the jet engine.
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IN 1932, the first women to fly across the Atlantic with out stopping all by herself was Amelia Earhart.
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The first person ever to fly all around the world was a new Zealander named Jean Batten
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The first ever jet-propelled air craft was Germany’s Heinkel 178.
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The first ever crop duster was made in 1940, this helped out farmers with their crops.
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Planes also made a big difference in WW2. The Allies and Axis Powers used planes to deliver men, supplies, and used them to bomb certain areas.
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Steve Fossett makes the first non-stop solo flight around the world started in 2005 and endded in 2006.He landed in England after flying around the world once and crossing the Atlantic twice. Steve Fossetts trip took two years to complete and clocked in a distance of 26,389.3 miles.
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Engineers also want to make plane rides more comfortable. Like add beds, comfy seats, etc.
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In the future, engineers want to make a plane with glass on the top that wont break so you can look up in the sky
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Also, engineers want to make a plane that can go really far up in the sky, like we are talking about going into space on a plane
