On the morning of December 17th, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wrightwheeled out their airplane. "The weather is good today. Will you try to flythe plane, Orville? Yes, I will," Orville said. "Could you check the plane?Will you make sure that everything is OK?"Orville climbed on to the bottom wing of his plane and started the engine.Wilbur checked the plane. "Can I fry now?" shouted Orville. "Go aheadr'shouted Wilbur. The plane moved forward. It flew about three and a halfmeters into the air. "1 canfly！" shouted Orville. The flight lasted only twelveseconds. Its speed was only forty-eight kilometers per hour. It traveledonly thirty-six meters. But it was the first powered airplane flight in history.
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