KIDS QUIZ
FAMOUS INVENTORS AND INVENTIONS
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The world’s first commercial airline flight launched from Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1914.
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Frank Whittle, inventor of the airplane jet engine, was born in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1907.
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The world’s first powered, sustained flight was performed by the Wright brothers in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1903.
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Charles A. Lindbergh completed the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight when he landed in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1927.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Wright Brothers National Memorial is recognized as the site of the first successful human attempt at heavier-than-air, controlled, powered flight carried out by Orville and Wilbur Wright on December 17, 1903.
Detailed explanation-2: -Wind, sand, and a dream of flight brought Wilbur and Orville Wright to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina where, after four years of scientific experimentation, they achieved the first successful airplane flights on December 17, 1903.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright, two brothers from Dayton, OH, became the first people to fly a heavier than air, power controlled machine, known as the Wright Flyer. This did not simply happen overnight. The brothers had been tinkering with the idea of flight off and on since childhood.