Lesson 34:
[00:03.58]Wings to Fly
[00:07.13]Who were the first people to fly?
[00:11.81]Two men from France flew a hot-air balloonfor twenty-five minutes over Pairs,
[00:19.67]France,in 1783.
[00:24.42]When was the first airplane?
[00:28.47]In 1903,the American brothers Orville and Wilbur Wrightwere the first to fly an airplane with an engine.
[00:38.43]The airplane flew for twelve seconds.
[00:43.10]It travelled almost forty metres.
[00:47.46]In 1909,Louis Bleriot flew from France to England.
[00:54.41]In 1919,Alcock and Brown flew across the Atlantic Ocean.
[01:01.78]In the same year,airplanes started to fly between Paris,
[01:07.74]France and London,England every day.
[01:13.20]The planes carried passengers.
[01:17.32]People could now travel long distances by air.
[01:22.65]Airports and runways were built for the new airplanes.
[01:28.11]Planes go to"airports."Airports have "runways" for the planes.
[01:35.06]Where do trains go?
[01:38.53]Trains go to"stations."Trains travel on "railways"
[01:45.59]When were the first jet airplanes?The first jet airplane flew in 1939.
[01:55.46]Passengers started travelling by jet in 1952.
[02:01.91]Can airplanes fly faster than the speed of sound?
[02:08.26]Supersonic airplanes can fly at twice the speed of sound:2400 kilometres per hour.
[02:18.42]The fastest airplanes can fly 3600 kilometres per hour.
[02:25.50]FASCINATING FACT
[02:28.95]At today's busiest airports,airplanes take off and land every forty seconds.
[02:37.28]When planes go up,they "take off".
[02:42.46]When they come down,they"land".
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