May 2023 – Aviation and Aeronautical Engineering

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Week 30: Aviation: Navigation, Instruments, Avionics

We'll take you from zero to soaring through the clouds with a certified flight instructor. Discover the different flight instruments that pilots use to fly the airplane and make sure they reach their destination. You'll also get to meet airline captains, military pilots, and more with this hands-on set of flying sessions designed to get you inspired to take flight!

Download Aviation and Aerospace Material & Experiment List

If you have a kid that just can't seem to get enough aviation information, there are two options for further resources: First, get the Flight Training magazine, and second, find a copy of the Jeppesen Guided Flight Discovery Private Pilot Manual. (It doesn't have to be the current edition unless they are in ground school, so feel free to get an older, used edition.) Both are required for aviation ground school, and there's really nothing like giving your kid the right tools for learning.

Flight Lesson in a Real Airplane (Live Stream)

Meet REAL Pilots! (Live Stream)

Week 31: Aeronautical Engineering & Aircraft Design

If you are curious how airplanes fly without flapping like a bird, how to read aircraft instruments and tell which runway to land on, what it’s like inside a real cockpit on a 747, and how hypersonic aircraft can go so fast without melting the wings off, then this is the class for you! You’ll learn the major components of aircraft, how to control aircraft in flight, what kinds of weather you can and can’t fly through, how engineers design new aircraft engines, and so much more. Did you know there’s a pilot shortage? A LOT of pilots are nearing retirement age, and it has a lot of folks concerned that we won’t have enough pilots in the future to take people and packages where they need to go!

Flight Lesson in a Real Airplane

Week 32: Rocketry & Spaceflight

Soar, zoom, fly, twirl, and gyrate while you learn what it takes to move through the vacuum of space! Learn about different propulsion drive systems and how rockets accelerate to escape the gravitational pull. More soon!

BONUS! Special Aviation Field Trips!

We’ve taken you from zero to soaring through the clouds with a certified flight instructor, discovered how aircraft are built to maneuver, and explored different kinds of power that aircraft use. Now it’s time to meet real pilots to inspire you to take flight! These are some of the best pilots in the world! Kids will learn about what these pilots do, as well as what it takes to become one. And for kids to see that if you are determined, ANYTHING is possible for you!