Grade 2 · True facts
The First Airplane Flight
A gray, windy December morning on wide sandy hills by the sea. A wooden biplane with long cloth-covered wings and two propellers sits on a straight wooden track on the sand. Two men in dark suits and caps stand beside it: one with fair skin and a thin face, one with fair skin and a dark mustache. Far off, a few men watch near a small wooden hut.
Wilbur and Orville Wright were brothers. They sold, fixed and built bikes in Dayton, Ohio.
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