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In December 1903, two american brothers
Orville and Wilbur Wright flew the first
aircraft, a biplane with two propellars.
Modern aircraft have just one set of wings
and has five other main parts vital for it to
fly, a tail, rudder, fuselage, landing gear
and depending on the size of the aircraft one
or more engines.
Designers and engineers have found that
rocket engines give the aircraft more speed
and short angled wings don't drag as mush as
the style used on older aircraft, and so are
far more AERODYNAMIC.
There are many different uses for aircraft
such as cargo carriers, passenger planes,
milatary and rescue aircraft.
Subject by: Karen Pike