Appleseeds articles from December 2002

Appleseeds archives from December 2002

The Wright brothers take off.(Orville and Wilbur Wright's invention of the airplane)(Biography)
December 1, 2002... Have you ever watched the hustle and bustle on an airport runway? Planes taking off. Baggage carts rumbling across the pavement. Planes easing up to the terminal. Mechanics fixing the planes. Did you know that all of this began when two young...

Flying through history.(Chronology)
December 1, 2002... Thousands of years ago, the Chinese invented kites. Around 1100, they also invented rockets. They used them as fireworks. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In Europe in the 1500s, Leonardo da Vinci studied birds. He made many sketches of a flying...

Why Kitty Hawk? (Where in the World?).(North Carolina site of Wright brothers' historic flight)
December 1, 2002... In their search for the best place to test their gliders and flying machines, why did the Wright brothers choose Kitty Hawk, North Carolina? Their main concern was for good, steady winds. Wilbur wrote to the U.S. Weather Bureau and asked for...

Tracking flying time and distance. (By the Numbers).(Wright brothers' early experimental flights)
December 1, 2002... The Wright brothers paid $15 for material to make their box-winged glider. It cost them about $1,000 to build Flyer I. How much more did Flyer I cost to build? Keep track of some of those improvements that the Wright brothers made in their...

Two Greek myths fly so high, fall so far. (Reading Corner).(Short Story)
December 1, 2002... In the land of myth, there lived a wild, white-winged horse named Pegasus. Pegasus charmed many with his graceful flight--especially the hero Bellerophon. Bellerophon wished to tame the wild Pegasus. One day, his wish came true. The goddess...

In the air today.(airplane pilot Captain Steve Derebey)(Interview)
December 1, 2002... Most of us spend our days with our feet on the ground. Others spend them high in the sky with their head in the clouds. They are airplane pilots. Luckily for us, we were able to ground a professional pilot long enough to ask him what it's like...

Up and down and all around. (Fun Stuff).(experiments to aid in understanding of aerodynamics)
December 1, 2002... The Wright brothers knew that air could help or hurt their "soaring machines." They also knew how important wing shape was for smooth flying. Try these experiments to understand aerodynamics--the study of airflow over moving objects. You...

Putting wings to work.(design and parts of an airplane)
December 1, 2002... What makes an airplane fly? Before the Wright brothers ever flew their airplane, scientists figured out what makes flight possible. LIFT To get off the ground, airplanes must overcome gravity. Gravity is the force of Earth's mass pulling...

Go fly a paper airplane. (Fun Stuff).(instructions)
December 1, 2002... Do you have the "Wright" stuff? Sure you do! Grab some paper and follow these directions to make the classic Dart paper airplane. It's quick, easy--and in no time at all, it's flying! Here's what you need: 1 sheet of regular...

Branching out.(The Wright Brothers: A Flying Start; Taking Flight: The Story of the Wright Brothers; The Wright Brothers in Their Own Words)(Book Review)
December 1, 2002... Imagine flying for the first time with the Wright brothers. The Wright Brothers: A Flying Start, by Elizabeth MacLeod (Kids Can Press) is full of interesting facts and original photos. It's a good way to start your trip. The Wright...

My adventures in a C-172. (An AppleCorps Adventure).(teenage girl learns to fly an airplane)
December 1, 2002... The world is full of exciting things to learn and do, and many of them can be accomplished no matter how young or old you are. I started learning to fly an airplane when I was 12 and was my instructor's youngest student. My name is Birgit...

Nonstop fascinating facts.(history of air travel, world records)
December 1, 2002... The Wright brothers made the dream of flight a reality back in 1903. Could they have imagined flight as we know it today? * In 1903, Flyer, the Wright brothers' two-winged, gasoline engine plane took off and flew a distance of 120 feet....

Dare to dream.
December 1, 2002... Wilbur and Orville Wright used their imaginations all their lives. They invented the unbelievable and accomplished the unimaginable. The brothers followed their dreams to do great things. You follow your dreams just as they did. What would...