They added a tail to their flying machine
and gave it wings that could turn, to
copy how a bird changes direction.

On 17 December 1903,they flew the first engine-powered aeroplane
at Kitty Hawk,north Carolina in the USA.

After several short flights, Wilbur flew it a distance of 259 m
in 59 seconds. This was amazing success. The flying machine
was named the Wright Flyer. It can be now seen in an important science museum in the USA, named the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.

There is a memorial 
to the Wright brothers in Kitty Hawk, because they carried out many of their flight experiments there. The area is known for strong wind.

A biplane is a fixed-wing craft with two superimposed main wings.
The Wright brothers wright flyer used a biplane design, as did most aircraft in the early years of aviation. The primary reason many early aircraft were biplanes was that it had a structural advantage.

You are more likely to get struck by lightning than being in an aeroplane crash.

Aeroplanes can fly really high
and fast or slow and low.