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Learn about the history and science of flight at [|ALLSTAR] - Aeronautics Learning Laboratory for Science Technology and Research. Here you will find [|several articles on flight] - Pre-Flight, Early Flight, The Beginning Years, Today, Outstanding Men & Women, and Knowledge Review.

Here are some new and interesting plane designs and many good [|descriptions for airplane types]. Most include the answers to common questions. What is the design and purpose of the plane? What are its limitations as well as attributes?
 * A-10 Thunderbolt II (A.K.A. Warthog)
 * F-111 Aardvark, F-15E Strike Eagle
 * F-16 Fighting Falcon
 * F-117 Nighthawk
 * SR-71 Blackbird
 * Tornado IDS
 * [|Spaceship One]


 * Flight**
 * Bernoulli's bubbles - demonstrate with soap bubbles
 * Glide Angle - build and test a straw rocket to explore glide angle
 * How gliders fly - make adjustments with weight and balance to improve performance

Questions correspond to the steps in the Engineering Design Process.
 * **Ask** (What? Ask questions, understand the need, identify the problem, define)
 * **Imagine** (So what? Imagine, brainstorm, explore, discover)
 * **Plan** (Now what? Plan, design)
 * **Create** (Do it. Create, try it out)
 * **Improve** (If this then what? Improve, make it better)

> yaw, aerodynamics, roll, pitch, Otto Lilienthal, 1800, 1922, aviator, lift, thrust, Kittyhawk, Wright, drag, gravity, Sir George Cayley,
 * Engineering ideas**

Now it is your turn. Here are some challenges for you to work on...
 * Do it**
 * Learn the vocabulary and concept words, and complete the crossword that contains fifteen words that relate to aerospace technology.


 * take the History of Flight quiz


 * Learn more...**
 * [|History of Flight: Aeronautics Learning Laboratory for Science Technology and Research (ALLSTAR)], [|several articles on flight]
 * [|NASA lessons on flight]
 * [|dictionary.com], [|Pitsco catalog], [|Merriam-Webster On Line Dictionary]
 * [|Spaceship I]
 * [|War machines Research site]
 * [|Encyclopedia Britannica]


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 * http://www.ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/sci/cecsci/cecsci152.html

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