🚁In 1878 a dad gave the boys a toy.

🚁A rubber band made it fly.

🚲Wilbur and Orville fixed bikes in Dayton, Ohio.

✈️They had a plan. They would try a glider first.

🌬️They went to Kitty Hawk. It had strong winds and soft sand.

✈️Then they made the Flyer, a plane.

✈️On December 17, 1903, the Flyer went up at Kitty Hawk.

⏰Orville was the pilot. His flight was short. It was 12 seconds.

✈️The Flyer went 120 feet. It was a world first.

🌙A bit of the Flyer went to the Moon.

Words to know

• glider: plane, no engine
• pilot: the flyer
• Flyer: their plane