How long does it take to read First Flight?
George Shea
First Flight by George Shea takes about 51 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 51 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1996. 46 pages, about 12,650 words. Written for children.
2 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 1 hour 24 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 51 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 32 minutes |
The page count is the median across 11 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A twelve-year-old boy named Tom Tate meets Orville and Wilbur Wright and witnesses the invention of the airplane in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1903.
Subjects: Aeronautics, Biography, Aeronautics, history
