The Power of Air

Air may exist but how can air, which is so light, support a huge airplane? The Wright brothers became interested in the properties of air when they were little boys. Their father gave them a little helicopter invented by a French scientist. The toy actually flew. As the boys played with it, they wondered how objects with wings, such as birds, could fly.

Years later, the Wrights learned the answer when they found out how air pressure works. You can find out too by conducting the next experiment...