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How Has The Airplane Changed The World
For thousands of years, humans have been amazed at what we call flight but in the past hundreds of years, humans have been trying to make different machines fly. In 1903, Wright brothers had built a new type of flying machine called the airplane which they launched in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Although they were not the first to fly, the airplane was a new design that would forever change history. It was an innovation in technology that had never been seen before. The airplane, one of the fastest methods of transportation, has changed the way we travel, has changed fighting in wars, and has changed the way we transport goods.
The Wright brothers did not get everything right on their first try. It took three other models before they achieved what they were trying to. Starting Off in 1900 with a glider that would lay the foundation for their airplane a three years later. They understood mechanics because they had owned a successful bike shop in previous years. They had an issue though. They couldn’t find any gasoline engines that had enough horsepower or were light enough to meet the specifications of what they needed. To solve this problem, they decided to build an engine on their own. The had an understanding of aerodynamics, but they still needed a consistent methods of steering the plane. They finally
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Because of the ability to connect, our planet is more globalized. They help to connect geographically isolated countries with the rest of the world. For example, the country of Iceland is an island nation surrounded by many miles of water. Thanks to airplanes, people can easily get to and from Iceland, connecting it with other nations. Airplanes also have spread cultures and ethnicities throughout the Earth. Because they better move people throughout our world, they can bring cultures and traditions with them. Airplanes have helped spread people and their beliefs

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