"Let's travel to the Caribbean in the next 10 days"A 1600 European pilgrim would say," but that is going to take a month."Nowdays due to the invention of airplane, travelling has become a lot easier. August 19 is the day we should celebrate the birthday of Orville Wright who was one half of the brothers who invented a three axis control airplane.This day was created by America's former president Franklin D. Roosevelt.Every year Americans fly planes painted with the color of their flag. Fun facts: 1.On December 17th, 1903, the two brothers, with no formal training, took to the skies over the dunes of North Carolina’s Outer Banks and launched into history. 2.The Wright Brother’s father feared losing both of his sons in an airplane crash, so they promised never to fly together. Only once did they make an exception on May 25th, 1910, when they flew for six minutes. 3. The cause of their flying obsession? A toy from their father. It was a helico
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