Aviation
NASA's vision of future air travel
50 percent less fuel than aircraft that entered service in 1998
Emit 75 percent fewer harmful emissions
Shrink the size of geographic areas affected by objectionable airport noise by 83 percent
The Science of Flight explained by the coolest scientist - Bill Nye the Science Guy!!!
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NASA = National Aeronautic and Space Administration!!!
A Little History
President Dwight D. Eisenhower established the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in 1958, partially in response to the Soviet Union's launch of the first artificial satellite the previous year. NASA grew out of the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA), which had been researching flight technology for more than 40 years.
4 Control Surfaces on an airplane which allow a pilot to adjust and control the aircraft's flight attitude
Elevators control the pitch
Ailerons control the roll
Rudders control the yaw
Thrust control forward movement and speed
The Mid Atlantic Aerospace Complex (MAAC) has an Educational Page for Surface Controls. Check out the LINK provided!!!
The coolest thing about MAAC is that it is located in Bridgeport, WV!!!! This means jobs in aviation are in demand in WV. Which means WV is ultimately awesome!
Bernoulli's Principle
Some surprises result in cool things like carburators, airfoils, and race car spoilers!!! Bernoulli was an awesome, wig wearing fool!!!
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Inverse Proportional Relationship
High Pressure = Low Velocity
Low Pressure = High Velocity
Bernoulli observed an interesting phenomenon when a laminar fluid passed through a venturi tube
Anatomy of an Airfoil
There are 4 Forces on an Airplane
**Remember** gravity X mass = weight
There has to be an Angle Attack for lift to be created and an airplane to fly!!!
Angle of Attack too steep = an unstable Aircraft which = a stall which = CRASH!!!!
Hobbies in Aviation
Academy of Model Aeronatics
Fairmont Flyers - That's me in the middle with my eyes closed. I'm helping present an outreach award to the Fairmont Flyers from the AMA.
The Guy on the end does research for NASA's Dryden
Another job in WV in AVIATION!!!!!
Unmanned Drone