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Wings and Feathers

What If People Could Fly?: Could people ever fly like birds?

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Let's pretend you can fly like a bird.

We can not fly like a bird.

We made planes to fly in.

A bird flaps its wings. They have feathers.

A bat can fly.

A squirrel can not fly. It can glide.

In 1903 the first plane flight was 12 seconds.

That plane went 120 feet.

Never jump from a high place to try to fly.

Look up. What can you see fly?

Words to know

  • wings: for flying
  • feathers: soft bird fluff
  • glide: float down
  • plane: flying machine

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