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small toy "helicopter" made of wood with two twisted rubber bands to turn a small propeller. Wilbur and Orville played with it until it broke, then mad sold toys to their friends, THEY BELIEVED THEY COULD FLY BY C.S. Frye Up, up, and away! The toy helicopter soared above Orville and Wilbur Wright. Rubber bands twirled the blades of the cork and bamboo toy shooting toward the ceiling. They held their breath, as they tracked it with their eyes. Then it fluttered down, down, down. Orville and Wilbur played with the toy their father had given them until it broke. Then they examined the bamboo, cork and paper held together with two rubber bands. They made copies for their friends. And copies to sale. Every day they read science journals, studied books and experimented. And every night, they dreamed of soaring like the birds. As they grew older, they experimented on many things; bicycles, kites and gliders. They learned by trial and error. They also learned to keep special notes to improve every new experiment. Birds flew. Kites flew. Someday, they would fly too. Wilbur flew one of their first kites at a nearby …show more content…

After struggling with several more test flights, they added a moveable rudder to control the end of the plane. Finally, all test flights seemed successful. Now they were ready to actually climb aboard. A pilot-controlled flight of a power-driven airplane was sure to work. Orville won the coin toss to pilot the test flight. Orville fought the wind to strap himself between the wings. Wilbur sat on a sand dune taking notes. Orville’s fingers tightened around the half-frozen control strap. He yanked it loose and felt the air lift the wings as the plane lifted off the ground. He shifted the wheel left, but it swooshed far left. He swung it right to straighten the plane in the wind, but it swooshed far right and nosedived into the sand. Orville emerged unharmed. Wilbur shook his head and made a new note. Notes: Check! Double

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