Topic #2

Describe an airplane ride to your Great-Great-Grandparents.

I'm going to admit this right off, this may be a tough one. OK, so if my grandparents were born in 1909-1910. Then assuming my first Great's were around 20 when they were born and their parents were 20 when they were born, that means my G-G-Grandparents were born sometime between 1860 & 1870 give or take a few years. Wow! That means they were born just after the Civil War.

Okay, so here goes.

Grandma, Grandpa you better sit down. I have something to tell you and I know you are going to have a hard time believing me, but I swear everything I am about to tell you is the truth.

Some people back east have developed a new method of travel. Instead of hitching up the horses, loading everything into your wagon, and traveling for days unending to get out west, you could actually be there in as little as 5 hours. I know that sounds like a fairy tale, but give me a little time to finish explaining it to you. And no Grandma it doesn't involve magic, witches or the devil, so just settle down and let me finish tell you about this new method of travel.

It involves flying. You know the old saying "as the crow flies" and how that means that the distance between 2 places would be shortest if you took a more direct or straight route instead traveling roads that wind around farms and between hills? You would be able to get to the other location faster that way, right? Well that is exactly what this new method of travel would be like. Instead of a wagon, you would fly in a vehicle called an Airplane. It's shape is similar to a birds; with 2 wings, a body, tail and 2 legs. The airplane is hollow and it has seats inside for people to sit on. The "legs" have wheels on the bottom instead feet. The wings are stationary and do not flap like a birds. It has 2 engines similar to the engines on a steam locomotive. It uses the energy from the engines to fly into the sky. And because it can move much faster than your fastest horse, it can travel longer distances in a shorter amount of time.
************

Gotta go for now, but I'll come back to finish this one soon.