Fantastic Flight!
Get to grips with the mechanics of flight and how to pilot an
aircraft with our hands-on interactives!
Fantastic galleries!
Explore our three 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. See if you can you
navigate your way round the world or land an aeroplane? Try out the
flight simulations - can you land an aeroplane or fly solo?
Mechanics of flight
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 and
Shelia Scott's record-breaking Piper Comanche, which she flew solo
around the world!
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