WHEN DID PLANES

BECOME IMPORTANT
IN WWI?
WHEN WAS THE AEROPLANE INVENTED?
 In 1903, the Wright brothers built a powered airplane that
had propellers and a small engine. The Wright Flyer airplane first
flew successfully on December 17, 1903, in the U.S.A.
 This was the first time people ever flew a powered airplane they
could control.
 Before that, people flew in balloons or gliders, or for a very short
time in planes they could not control.
 The two brothers continued to make changes to their design and
had a very good plane by 1905.
 It was a biplane which means it has 2 main wings stacked on top of
each other.
WHEN WERE PLANES USED IN THE WAR?

 The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United

Kingdom's aerial warfare force.
 Formed towards the end of the First World
War on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest
independent air force in the world.
 Click on the RAF website to see the amazing
aircraft they use now…
 https://www.raf.mod.uk/aircraft/
 You will see they don’t use biplanes anymore
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PLANES OF WWI
 Here are some photos of the planes which were
used in WWI
PLANES IN WWI
 Planes were used to see what the other
side was doing and where their soldiers
were.
 This was very useful to plan what to do
next.
YOUR TURN!
 You are going to have a go at making your own
biplane!
 You will need:
 Kitchen roll tube
 Cereal box or piece of cardboard
 Paint or felt tips
 Glue

First get your equipment ready. Open out your cardboard box.

Using your tube as a guide draw

Draw another wing exactly the
a long wing shape on the card.
same size.
Draw your tail pieces, once needs a
Check you have all your pieces.
flat end.

Cut some slits in one end of the tube. These

will be for your tail piece. Make the ones at This is how your plane will
the sides deeper than the ones at the top and together eventually!
bottom.
Paint your pieces, we went for the
classic colours but you could use a Let all your pieces dry.
camouflage pattern.

Slide your tail pieces in to the slits at the end of you plane and glue one wing
to the top of your tube and one to the bottom. Tada!!