How did air travel first take off?

Forever Ago by Lemonada Media

Aug 26, 202630:06Kids & family

Hundreds of thousands of flights take off each and every day. Airplanes make it possible for us to connect with people around the world and see all different parts of our beautiful planet. But how did we figure out how t...

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