Bits and Pieces 

Somewhere to check on aircraft parts and their names.   You can test yourself here.  There's also a written test to download.

Instruments

A full aircraft panel with instruments and a description of what they do and some of their limitations.

Crossword and Wordsquare:

                    Puzzles on aircraft parts to download from a .PDF  here (98Kb)
                    and a crossword on weather terms from here (87 Kb).

Model Gliders and Planes

Alex's paper airplanes.  Have fun making these aircraft, but watch out for the pop-up traffic!

Aviation Activity Books 

See Haynes website for a range of Aviation activity books for kids
http://www.haynes.co.uk

Rolls-Royce Gas Turbine Engines and Fuel Cells 

                    Take a trip through a jet engine, and experience the pressure and temperatures inside at 
                    http://www.rolls-royce.com/education/schools/                 
                    There are other activities to try out in the RR education and teacher support pages.

USA website:  Avkids

                    Lots of aviation-related activities, teachers' pages etc. 

NASA Student website: 

                    Aviation activities for youngsters, how a plane flies, engine animations, Wright brothers game, 
                    teachers' pages and career ideas in aerospace.

Build an Airbus A340 in 2 minutes - video

                    Time-lapse film showing the A340-600 being assembled and painted.

Can a business plane do aerobatics?

                    Amazing piece of video showing engine off aerobatics, and rolling while pouring out a cup of tea

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