Liam Little: The First Flight

Liam Little knew everything about airplanes. He knew their names. He knew their shapes. He knew the sound each one made before it even cleared the mountains. He had seventeen diecast models on his shelf and one homemade airplane in his backyard, built from cardboard boxes, held together with duct tape, flown with an old leather helmet and a very good imagination. Today, Liam is going to Kitty Hawk. Not the Kitty Hawk outside, with its tourist shops and parking lots. The real one. December 17, 1903. The gray beach. The cold wind. The wood-and-muslin machine on its launch rail. Two brothers who refused, absolutely refused, to believe that flying was impossible. Twelve seconds. One hundred and twenty feet. The first time. In all of history. Liam is going to be there.

Pages: 36, Paperback, Independently published