Відповіді Англійська мова 9 клас Карпюк 2017. ГДЗ

Look at these names below and say who these people were. What did they have in common?

Daedalus was a famous artist, architect, and inventor who worked on the island of Crete. He built the labyrinth that housed the Minotaur and later designed wings for himself and his son Icarus to escape from the island by flying.
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was a famous artist and engineer from Italy. He designed a flying machine that had wings like a bird and pedals like a bicycle, although he never managed to launch it.
The Wright brothers (Wilbur and Orville) were pioneers in aviation. They were deeply inspired by Otto Lilienthal's work on gliders, and in 1903 they built the first airplane with a petrol engine, making the first successful flight in history.
Commonality: These individuals were all pioneers in flight or inspired by the idea of flight. They each made significant contributions to the quest to fly, whether through mythological ideas (Daedalus and Icarus), conceptual designs (Leonardo da Vinci), or actual achievements in aviation (The Wright brothers).