People have always wanted to fly. We watch birds fly. They make it look easy! For a long time we watched birds. People tried to copy the birds wings. We learned many things.

Men and women started to build airplanes and engines. The engines and wings could lift us into the air. We can now fly with the birds! This is called aeronautics.

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