Kyle

=Planes= Planes are one of those things that everyone should ride,from going to other countries or getting rid of your fear of planes.There are tons of other reasons such as skydiving, in it you jump from a plane at least 10000 feet from the ground and close to hitting the ground, you open a parachute to break your fall and land safely. That is not the only way to it though. A game using skydiving is accuracy. One person falls out of the plane to land on a target on the ground. the target is only two inches so it offers a decent challenge.

The Wright brothers, Wilbur (1867-1912) and Orville (1871-1948), invented and built the first successful airplane. On December 17, 1903, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, they made the world's first flight in a heavier-than-air machine. Orville flew the plane 120 feet ,less than half the length of a football field. The plane stayed in the air 12 seconds and reached a speed of about 30 miles per hour, about as fast as a modern car drives along a neighborhood street. The brothers made three more flights that day. The longest, by Wilbur, was 852 feet almost the length of three football fields, and lasted 59 seconds. But newspapers were not interested in the story, and TV had not been invented yet. =Charles Augustus=

Charles Augustus Lindbergh (1902-1974) was an American pilot. He made the first solo, or one-person, nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean. A New York businessman had offered $25,000 to the first aviator to fly nonstop from New York to Paris. By 1927, no one had done it. Lindbergh helped design a plane, and a St. Louis businessman helped him pay for it. On May 20, 1927, Lindbergh took off from New York in his plane, //Spirit of St. Louis.// He landed at an airfield near Paris the next day. He had flown more than 3,600 miles (5,790 kilometers) in 33 1/2 hours. In 1929, he and Anne Morrow were married. In 1932, their first child was kidnapped and killed. The Lindberghs moved to Europe and lived there until 1939.

Airliners Airliners can travel at 500 to 600 mph. they are most used as a way for other people get to other countries and delivering mail. With airliners you can mail to someone in Japan from Canada! Airliners have more comfort than other planes because they were made for people only.

Gliders Gliders are planes but they have no engine. They have to stay in the air using other ways. One way is using a airplane. They use the air from the takeoff to get in the air. A car can carry a glider like a kite. When the car goes fast enough, they let go and the glider is off !

This is a light plane.Do you notice the propeller? "Airplane." //World Book Kids.// World Book, 2009. Web. 29 Oct. 2009.