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When people first attempted flight in the eighteenth century, they used hot-air balloons. These balloons could rise into the air, but they could not be properly controlled because they moved wherever the wind carried them. For a long time, the idea of a true flying machine remained only a dream. _____. In that year, Wilbur and Orville Wright completed the first successful flight in an aeroplane.

The passage says controlled flight was a dream and then mentions the Wright brothers successful flight in 1903. Option C forms the perfect bridge.

A The brothers who crossed the Atlantic later wrote a scientific account of their experience

B People were unable to fly in a modern vehicle until the beginning of the twentieth century

C That dream finally became a reality in 1903

D The years between 1900 and 1910 were important for European aircraft industries

E Balloons continued to be used mainly for entertainment in different parts of the world

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