They say that Orville WrightHe was the first in flight
Now let's please get it right
Be honest and upright
Archytas made a thing
That flew upon a string
The Chinese near Beijing
Had kites, balloons flying
Abas Ibn Firnas
A thousand years are past
Since that great man of class
Did glide over the grass
Da Vinci had a fling
Designed a wooden wing
Montgolfier said the thing
To do was ballooning
The monoplane's from France
But who made the advance
Of powered flight perchance
'Twas Langley took the chance
