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Aviators

Requirements

1. Identify, with real aircraft, the five categories of aircraft and the different classes within each category.

  • a. Airplanes
    • i. Single-engine, land
    • ii. Multi-engine land
    • iii. Single-engine sea
    • iv. Multi-engine sea
  • b. Rotor-craft
    • i. Helicopter
    • ii. Gyro plane
  • c. Glider
  • d. Powered lift
  • e. Lighter than air
    • i. Balloon
    • ii. Airship

2. Be involved in an interactive discussion that explores the following:

  • a. Bernoulli’s principle and how it applies to airplanes
  • b. The four forces of flight and how each affects the flight of an airplane.
  • c. Three types of aircraft and their uses in aviation today.
  • d. The three principal axes of an airplane. Demonstrate the type of movement the aircraft does on each axis and what controls that movement.
  • e. Different types of engines, wings, and other gear and their application/usage.

3. Correctly identify on a real plane the following exterior parts of an airplane.

  • a. Cowling or Nacelle
  • b. Propeller
  • c. Landing Gear
  • d. Wing
  • e. Flap
  • f. Right Aileron
  • g. Left Aileron
  • h. Fuselage
  • i. Empennage
  • j. Horizontal Stabilizer
  • k. Vertical Stabilizer
  • l. Elevator
  • m. Rudder

4. Correctly identify on a real plane the following parts of the interior of an airplane.

  • a. Altimeter
  • b. Attitude Indicator
  • c. Airspeed indicator
  • d. Magnetic compass
  • e. Heading Indicator
  • f. Turn coordinator
  • g. Vertical Speed indicator
  • h. Yoke
  • i. Brakes
  • j. Rudder Pedals
  • k. Throttle control
  • l. Trim Control

5. Choose 3 historical figures in aviation who have had an impact on aviation history. Detail their role and importance in aviation history. Some possible figures include: Leonardo da Vinci, Daniel Bernoulli, Sir George Cayley, Otto Lilienthal, Gustave Whitehead, Octave Chanute, Orville & Wilbur Wright[1], Glen Hammond Curtiss, or Amelia Earhart.

6. Do one of the following:

  • a. PREFERRED: Take an intro flight in an airplane and observe the different movements made by three different control surfaces. Record your observations.
  • b. (If an intro flight is not possible) Demonstrate and explain on the ground the different movements made by three different control surfaces. You may do this demonstration on a real aircraft or in a flight simulator.

7. Do one of the following:

  • a. Interview a mission pilot or missionary who has used airplanes to help tell people about Jesus. As a result of your interview be able to:
    • i. List three ways God uses mission aviation to spread the gospel, based on the Great Commission of Matthew 28:18-20
    • ii. List three ways you as a Pathfinder can help our mission pilots
  • b. Interview a commercial full-time pilot. As a result of your interview be able to:
    • i. List three ways pilots can share Jesus within their workplace, based on the Great Commission of Matthew 28:18-20
    • ii. List three ways you as a Pathfinder can share Jesus within a non-church environment.
  1. ↑ The Wright brothers are one historical character

Answer key & resources

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