The Wright Brothers invented the airplane. Over time the airplane became the fastest way to travel. Therefore, going to places that would have taken days if not weeks on trains or boats, now only take hours on a plane. Also, airplanes made doing business with people far away and seeing relatives in different states easier.

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A	True
B	False
C	Either A or B
D	None of the above

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Not long after they invented their first plane in 1903, they came up with the blueprint for the Military Flyer. It was ostensibly in response to a 1908 U.S. Army Signal Corps request for bids.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Wright brothers designed and made their own propellers, aided by the use of their own wind tunnel (which they also designed and built themselves). The propellers worked as rotating wings; their spinning motion produced a horizontal lift, or “thrust, ‘’ that pushed the plane through the air.

Detailed explanation-3: -After several unsuccessful attempts, on December 17, 1903, at Kill Devil Hills near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville Wright completed the first powered flight of a heavier-than-air aircraft known as the Wright Flyer. The flight lasted just 12 seconds, traveled 120 feet, and reached a top speed of 6.8 miles per hour.

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