The article "Taking Flight: The Wright Brothers and the Birth of Aviation" from BBC's HistoryExtra tells the story of how Wilbur and Orville Wright achieved the first successful human flight on December 17, 1903. Despite its short distance, their powered and controlled flight marked the beginning of modern aviation.
In Gyrfalcon Chicks Learn to Fly, narrator Gordon Buchanan describes how young chicks get ready to leave the nest. A brave female takes flight but crash lands among the rocky slopes. With a white wolf approaching, she must quickly learn to take off from the ground. This video is excerpted from BBC's Animal Babies, a heartwarming show that follows the first breaths, first steps, and first feeds of some adorable baby animals, revealing the challenges they face to survive in some of the toughest but most beautiful places on the planet.
The article "Taking Flight: The Wright Brothers and the Birth of Aviation" from BBC's HistoryExtra tells the story of how Wilbur and Orville Wright achieved the first successful human flight on December 17, 1903. Despite its short distance, their powered and controlled flight marked the beginning of modern aviation.
In Gyrfalcon Chicks Learn to Fly, narrator Gordon Buchanan describes how young chicks get ready to leave the nest. A brave female takes flight but crash lands among the rocky slopes. With a white wolf approaching, she must quickly learn to take off from the ground. This video is excerpted from BBC's Animal Babies, a heartwarming show that follows the first breaths, first steps, and first feeds of some adorable baby animals, revealing the challenges they face to survive in some of the toughest but most beautiful places on the planet.