The First Successful Fliers of Man and Nature 



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About seven million years ago the first bird began to fly. Flight was merely gliding, and clumsy 

 gliding at that, which developed from the about-to-be birds instinctively spreading their limbs 

 when falling from trees or jumping up in exuberance of spirits. Notice how closely the lines and 

 movements of the first living flier resemble those of the pioneer motor-driven flier behind it 



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