A modern airport is a very noisy place.
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Facts
1. The Flyer, built by the Wright Brothers, was developed in 1903. It has a 12-horsepower gasoline engine. 2. In 1903, the first engine-driven, heavier-than-air machine was successfully driven by Orville Wright. He was the first person to ever pilot a airplane. 3. Alberto Santos- Dumont was a Brazilian living in France. He built a full-sized aircraft named a mono-plane with 1 wing and a propeller in the front of the wing. 4. The fastest speed of a supersonic jet is 1,500 mph. It is faster then the speed of light. |