Up, Up and Away: Careers in Flight
Students will learn about the wide variety of jobs related to the aviation industry.
Testing Aircraft Wings
Students will explore how wing design affects lift using a testing device similar to a wind tunnel.
Making Waves with Radar
Learn about how the radar works, the history and its many real life applications.
Testing for Aviation Safety
Learn about some of the ways that aircraft and spacecraft are tested.
Strange Shapes in the Sky: Stealth and Flying Wings
Learn about how and why engineers designed and built some very unique aircraft.
A History of How Humans Learned to Fly
Learn how aviation pioneers from the world learned how to make humans fly!
How Planes Fly
Learn about what gets planes up in the air, what keeps them up there, and what brings them down again.
Four Forces of Flight
Learn about the four forces of flight.
Lighter Than Air Vehicles
Learn about history and workings of lighter than air vehicles.
How can we land a model space probe?
Design and build a model space probe.
Alex Himmelman
Atlantic Director
Alex Himmelman is the Atlantic Director for the Atlantic Canada Aerospace & Defense Association.
Peter Rautapuro
Systems Engineer
Peter Rautapuro is a Systems Engineer for MDS Aero Support Corporation.
Jasraj Chahal
Control System Engineer
Jasraj Chahal is a Control System Engineer for Pratt & Whitney Canada.
The Hovering Human
Learn how a team of Canadian engineers used Bernoulli’s Principle to design a human-powered helicopter. It set a world record for human-powered hovering flight!