It all started when Orville was 7 and Wilbur was 11 years old. Their father, Bishop Milton Wright, gave them a toy helicopter (直升机). It really flew. That toy made them dream of flying.
The boys still wanted to know about flight as they grew up. They read everything they could find about it. They studied what other people learned about flight.
By 1900, the Wright Brothers were ready to test their first glider (滑翔机). It was like a kite. They studied the best place to fly. They picked a sandy spot in Kitty Hawk. They were getting closer to flying. Finally, on December 17, 1903, the time had come.
That day, they flew several times. Orville flew the Wright Flyer the first time. That flight lasted 12 seconds. It went 120 feet. Their second and third flights went up about 175 feet each. Wilbur flew the fourth flight of the day. It went 859 feet. It took 59 seconds. After that last flight, the wind blew very hard. It blew the Flyer across the sand. The plane was seriously destroyed.
The Wright Brothers kept studying and testing new designs. They wanted to make their Flyer better. They began to teach others to fly. They even opened their own flying school. The brothers became rich and famous. Everything was going well for them.
We honor Orville and Wilbur for making the dream of flight come true, and for forever changing our world.
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