Written by: John E. Allen
Illustrated by: Dick Eastland and Eric Jewell
Genre: Nonfiction
Grades: 1-5
Awards: None
In 1804, George Cayley made a model glider and fifty years later, he made a glider capable of carrying a person. In 1903, the Wright brothers built a petrol engine that could fit in a glider with simple controls, and they created the first aircraft, Flyer 1. During WW1, armies used aircrafts that had machine guns to battle with the enemy and to spy on them. In 1927, Charles A. Lindbergh was the first person to fly across the Atlantic Ocean without stopping, flying 6,000 kilometers in his aircraft Spirit of St. Louis. The first commercial airline started in 1919 called the Douglas DC2 and DC3, where people flew fast and all comfortable. In WW2, several countries built thousands of aircrafts that bombed enemy cities.
This was a great book to read and learn the history of aircrafts. This book would be great for first to fifth graders. An activity to incorporate this book is by having the students create a timeline, using the information from the book. The students can also pick one fact from the book and do a bit more research surrounding that fact.
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