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Fantastic Flight!

Get to grips with the mechanics of flight with our hands-on interactives!

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Explore our three new hands-on galleries and find out how aeroplanes fly, how they are built and the skills needed to fly them.

  • Join in with over 25 activities and feel the force of lift, discover what planes are made of and test your own skills.
  • Can you navigate your way round the world or land an aeroplane?
    Don't forget to try out the flight simulations - can you land an aeroplane or fly solo?
  • Get to grips with the mechanics of flight with buttons, dials, switches, propellers and wings.
  • Look out for a Wright Brothers engine, the propeller from an aeroplane which flew over Everest
  • See Shelia Scott's record-breaking Piper Comanche, which she flew solo around the world.

Fantastic Flight! is supported by:

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Fantastic Flight, pedal power, National Museum of Flight

Get to grips with Fantastic Flight!

National Museums Scotland, Scottish Charity, No. SC 011130