We Were There At the First Airplane Flight by Felix Sutton (illustrated by Laszio Matulay) merges factual events with real-life people and fictionalized characters to create an engaging, action-packed story that brings history to life for kids. In 1902, Jimmy and Clara Blair see a strange kite in the North Carolina sky. When they meet the kite's flyers, bicycle mechanics Orville and Wilbur Wright and help them in realizing their dream of human flight. Republication of the original 1960 edition.
