1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,800 Hello, Dr. Textbook here. 2 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:08,480 Have you ever wondered how birds fly? 3 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:12,160 Well, that's exactly the question that Orville and Wilbur Wright 4 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:16,200 pondered when they were trying to discover controlled flight. 5 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:22,000 And it led them to this, an inner tube box. 6 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:25,320 Well, you may say, Dr. Textbook, are you mad? 7 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:27,480 What has an inner tube box got to do 8 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:29,480 with the story of controlled flight? 9 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:31,720 Well, the story is this. 10 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:34,600 One day in their bicycle shop, the Wright brothers 11 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:36,240 are talking to some clients. 12 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:38,080 And they're playing with an inner tube box 13 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:41,760 and twisting it back and forth. 14 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:45,960 And one day, they suddenly realize, Eureka, this is it. 15 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:49,600 This is the answer to our quest, controlled flight. 16 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:50,960 Get it? 17 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:54,160 Well, in 1903, it was a very big year. 18 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:56,520 Because in that year, the automobile 19 00:00:56,520 --> 00:00:59,880 made its first cross-country trip from San Francisco 20 00:00:59,880 --> 00:01:01,240 to New York City. 21 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:05,600 And the Wright brothers made their historic first flight. 22 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:09,320 You see, technology now has surpassed the expectations 23 00:01:09,320 --> 00:01:11,840 that the Wright brothers had for their aeroplane. 24 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:21,120 Of course, we've all heard about NASA's HyperX plane. 25 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:23,480 With its new technology, we'll all 26 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:26,760 be able to fly much faster and more efficiently 27 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:29,840 than this 1911 Model B aeroplane. 28 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:32,720 Within the next 100 years, innovative technology 29 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:35,560 will make the skies the limit. 30 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:49,560 Ooh, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho. 31 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:55,000 Just for fun, let's see how this 1911 Model B aeroplane 32 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:59,360 fares in the skies with my hyper-realistic simulation 33 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:00,800 of planes from the future. 34 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:02,440 Whoa! 35 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:03,440 Ah! 36 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:04,440 Ah! 37 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:05,440 Ah! 38 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:06,440 Ah! 39 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:07,440 Ah! 40 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:08,440 Ah! 41 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:11,400 Not a very good idea.