BR 1-21The Story of Flying

Into the sky(P,3)




I was read this book first time. Not so long ago, people were stuck on the ground. They could only watch as birds soared above them. But some men were determined to fly. In 1487, an Italian inventor named Leonardo da Vinci drew plans for a flying machine. He was sure it would fly. But he couldn't build one that worked, so no one believed him. Twenty yera later, a man called John Damian decided to copy the birds. "I shall fly from Scotland to France!" he declared. Wearing a pair of wings made from real feathers, he climbed to the top of a tower. But John Damian didn't reach France. He didn't even reach the next village. Instead, he dived headfirst into a dung heap. A French inventor, Clement Ader, decided to copy bats. He built an enormous pair of bat wings and stuck them to a steam ungine. But that didn't work either. Some people attached wings to their bikes. But they could never pedal fast enough to lift off. Inventor realized they would need more than a few feathers or a bike to fly. Then would need a specially built machine. In the 1850s, scientist Sir George Cayley built the very thing. It was a glider that was pulled down a slope. When a gust of wind caught under it, the glider rose into the air. Sir George's coachman sat in the glider for its first flight. He didn't want a second trip.


I was read this book first time. I thought "I want to fly in the sky". I want to read many books after this.

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Reference

Sims Lesley. (2004).The Story of Flying. London: Usborne.