Pre-Tour Preparation Topics for Classroom Teachers

History of Flight

First heavier than air gliders—Cayley and Penaud.

Manned gliding—Lilienthal and Chanute.

The Wright Brothers.

Forces of flight, what keeps a plane in the air?

Airplane construction.

How is an airplane controlled? In 1903? Now?

What role did airplanes play in World War I?



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