Flight

Resources

Sustainable Aerospace Firsts

Learn how Boeing is making aviation more sustainable.

Making Waves with Radar

Learn about how the radar works, the history and its many real life applications.

Lighter Than Air Vehicles

Learn about history and workings of lighter than air vehicles.

Testing for Aviation Safety

Learn about some of the ways that aircraft and spacecraft are tested.

A History of How Humans Learned to Fly

Learn how aviation pioneers from the world learned how to make humans fly!

Strange Shapes in the Sky: Stealth and Flying Wings

Learn about how and why engineers designed and built some very unique aircraft.

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.

Flight Challenge (Virtual kit drop-off)

Build, launch and test a glider made of paper, a straw and an elastic.

How can we land a model space probe?

Design and build a model space probe.

Alex Himmelman

Job Title

Atlantic Director

Alex Himmelman is the Atlantic Director for the Atlantic Canada Aerospace & Defense Association.

Physics Videos

Peter Rautapuro

Job Title

Systems Engineer

Peter Rautapuro is a Systems Engineer for MDS Aero Support Corporation.

Jasraj Chahal

Job Title

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!