Lesson one Extended study listening practice 3 Listen to this recording and fill in the blanks with missing words. The brief history of aviation after 1903 Advances in aviation came quickly. World War One saw the first airplanes in combat. Though these planes are more likely to fall out of the sky due to __1____ than they were to shoot down an enemy. After the war, many of the pilots kept their flying dreams alive by ____2_____. Still, others became involved in air races and brain-storming shows. It was still hard for the average person to ______3___ that flying was really possible. And yet here were _____4______ of wing walking and aerobatics. The crowds were hours large when the airplanes were in town. People would come from miles around to see these amazing machines and their larger than life pilots. As the plane's became more powerful and dependable, endurance flying really became popular. The world cheered and ticker-tape parades were held in celebration of Charles Lindbergh amazing feat of being the first to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. And the world mourn when in her quest to become the first to ____5______ Amelia Earhart was lost over the South Pacific, never to return home again. The achievements and advances in aviation during the World War two years were ___6______. There were ____7______fighter planes, a wide assortment of bombers. And near the end of the war, the Germans became the first to successfully develop jet powered airplanes. The first airlines were created as far back as the 1930s, but the war efforts delayed progress in civilian aviation for a while. But the time of growth and prosperity after the war made airline travel more_____8______ to even the average family. Fast forward now to the twenty first century, where millions of people around the world fly to destinations near and far every single day, To many, flying has become an annoying series of busy ___9____, endless security lines, bad airplane food and __10_____. And just like many other technological achievements, man has learned to use aviation for good purposes and for evil. If the early dreamers could see the state of aviation now I am sure they would be amazed. But they might be a bit sad too. Because there's not much magic to it any more. Sure, the science can tell you how we fly, Sure, the science can tell you how we fly, but the early dreamers can tell you why. They knew what the birds have always known. that whether it's early in the morning or near the sunset of the day. There's nothing quite like the__11____, the ___12_____ and the___13____ you can find at just a few thousand feet above the ground.