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When did the first plane fly?

Ancient myths tell of people who tried to fly. For example, Icarus, the son of Daedalus, who flew on wings made of wax and feathers. This example has been the death of many of those who for many centuries have attempted to take off, throwing themselves from a height with fragile makeshift wings strapped to their backs. Gradually, the understanding began to come that people would never be able to fly, imitating birds. Something fundamentally new was required.

As far as we know, this idea was first expressed by Roger Bacon (1214-1292): "It is possible to make propellers for flights in the middle of which a person will sit ..." balloons filled with hot air or hydrogen.

However, the big drawback of balloons was that its passengers were entirely dependent on the vagaries of the weather and constantly strayed off course. Man was still far from real flight. The first flying model of a machine that was heavier than air appeared in 1804. It was a 994 square centimeter kite with a tail. In 1848, John Stringfellow launched a monoplane powered by a steam engine along a 9-meter inclined wire. He gradually climbed up the wire until he bumped into a canvas screen.

The Russians claim that in 1882 Alexander Mozhaisky took off in a large steam-powered aircraft. In 1896, Dr. Samuel Pierpont Langley successfully flew a biplane with a wingspan of 5 meters, covering a distance of 925 meters. On December 17, 1903, Orville Wright started the homemade engine of his plane and took off.

By today's standards, the flight is not particularly impressive: he flew only thirty-six meters. But it was enough to make Orville and his brother Wilbur the first to build an airplane and fly it under control. It is believed that the first successful flight was made in 1902 by Preston Watson in a biplane equipped with a Santos-Dupont engine, but this fact has not been officially confirmed.

Author: Likum A.

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If it were possible to follow one of the species of this fish, then it could be found either in the ocean, swimming hundreds of miles, or rising along rivers, or even crawling in the grass over land to where, as instinct tells it, there is a rich pond food. Every eel caught in America or Europe or even in rivers on the mainland comes from one of the approximately 20 million eggs laid by its mother at a depth of 180 to 275 meters in a certain area of the Atlantic Ocean near Bermuda! The common eel has a dark brown color and is covered with smooth skin, on which, as a rule, scales or not, or it is very delicate, small.

Only recently have people learned about the origin of young eels. It is now known that they originally appear as transparent creatures floating near the surface of the ocean. After a while, these creatures gradually decrease and take on the definite shape of an adult eel. Then the eels of a certain section of this breeding zone swim in the direction of Europe by the millions. But they do not enter the fresh waters of European rivers until they reach the third year of life. Eels from another part of the breeding zone swim towards America and, after reaching one year, rise along all American rivers from the St. Lawrence River to the Gulf of Mexico.

After living in fresh water from four to twelve years old and reaching an average length of 60 to 90 centimeters, they descend the rivers, never to return. Eels swim back to Bermuda, breed in the depths and die! Eels are caught as they travel down the rivers from July to late October - sometimes later - and on their way to Bermuda. The annual catch of eels along the Atlantic coast exceeds 900 kilograms.

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