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I These Airplanes Could Talk

Lesson Overview

Through observation and inormation gathering

skills, students will learn the proper way to read

and interpret artiacts or museum exhibits. When

gathering inormation, students must ask six

questions who?, what?, when?, where?, why?

and how? to get the inormation needed to ully

understand what they are viewing. Though this

lesson is tailored to aviation, the concepts can be

applied to any type o exhibit or artiact that is on

display.

Note: We have provided photos and act sheets in the

Reference Materials section o our aircrat that are

currently on display in a museum. These may be used

i no museum exhibits are available.

Objectives

1. Students will gain a better understanding o the

history o an artiact or museum exhibit. Through

practice, students will also learn how to interpret

other exhibits or artiacts they encounter in the

uture.

Materials:

Museum exhibits or the aircrat photos and act sheets

located in the Reference Materials section

GRADES 5-12 Time Requirements: 20 minutes per artiact

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Background

History o Aviation

For many thousands o years, man has looked at the sky and dreamt o ying. Evidence o this can be ound in stories

such as Daedalus rom Greek mythology and Pushpaka Vimana o Ravana in Hindu mythology. The earliest knownattempts to y were made by ashioning wings, modeled ater birds wings and strapping them to human arms. This

method was unsuccessul but it did not deter people rom continuing to attempt to y.

The kite was the rst successul unmanned ying device and was

invented in China around 400 BC. Kites work by generating lit, just as

todays modern airplanes do. Devices that use this type o technology

are reerred to as heavierthanair aircrat.

About 100 years later in 300 BC, the Chinese invented the Kongming

lantern (Img. 1). Kongming lanterns (also called paper lanterns)

were constructed o a thin paper shell with a lamp or candle burning

underneath. The heat rom the lamp warmed the air in the bag which

caused the lantern to rise. The Montgoler Brothers expanded on this

discovery in 1782 and built the worlds rst hot air balloon, which works

according to the same principles only on a larger scale.

Kongming lanterns and hot air balloons both y because

gases, including air, become less dense when heated. The

heated air in the balloon is lighter than the cooler, denser

air outside o the balloon, and is thereore able to rise.

Devices that use this technology are classied as lighter-

thanair aircrat.

Throughout the centuries, people around the world studied

ight and developed many dierent kinds o ying devices,

including gliders made o lightweight wood, and airships,

such as the Macon Airship (Img. 2). In 1485, Leonardo da

Vinci designed a hang glider, called The Ornithopter, with

xed wings and some movable control suraces. Although

he never built the device, his design provided the basis or

the modern day helicopter. During the early 19th century,

several men made ying machines which used various

technologies to power their aircrat, including electricity

and steam.

It wasnt until the early 20th Century that ight as we

know it today emerged. Aircrat began to be made o

Img. 2 Macon Airship

Img. 1 Kongming latern

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Img. 3 Reenactors in ront o a replica Fokker Dr. I triplane

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aluminum instead o wood and abric.

Aviators experimented with several types

o wing structures, including monoplane,

which means one set o wings, biplane, and

triplane (Img.3). As they rened their designs,

monoplanes were made with various wing

designs and many control suraces (ailerons,

elevator, rudder, etc.; see Figure 1) were added

and modied.

In the years since the Wright Brothers rst

ight in a controlled, enginepowered aircrat,

the distances we have been able to y have

increased dramatically, rom the 120 eet o

Orville and Wilburs Wright Flyer, to several

thousand miles. By 1969 aircrat were taking

man to the moon and todays longestrange

passenger airplanes can y hal way around the

world nonstop.

Aircrat Identication

Every aircrat has a story. You can tell a lot about an aircrat by

looking at the markings and inscriptions located on the uselage

and wings. Civilian aircrat have an alphanumeric registration

number (Img. 4), which is similar to the license plate on an

automobile. The alphanumeric markings or aircrat registered

in the United States begin with the letter N. They are reerred

to as tail numbers because they are usually displayed on the

tail o the aircrat, although older aircrat had them displayed on

the underside o the wing so they could be read by someone

on the ground whilst the aircrat was in ight.

Military aircrat also have insignia on the uselage, wings, or

tail. This insignia identies the nation or air orce to which

the aircrat belongs (Img. 5). Many military planes also have

identication numbers similar to civilian aircrat. The rst o

such markings appeared in 1913.

Fig. 1 Parts o an airplane

Aileron

Radio

Antenna

Fuel

Tank(located inside

the wing)

(body ofthe aircraft)

Engine

Propeller Fuselage

Nose Gear

Landing

GearNavigation

Light

Navigation

Light

FlapsHorizontalStabilizer

Elevator

Rudder

Rotating

Beacon

Vertical

Stabilizer

Elevator

Trim Tab

Img. 4 Civilian aircrat registration

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Img. 5 Military aircrat insignia




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Activity 1

GRADES 5-12

Materials:

Museum exhibits

or the aircrat photos

and act sheets

located in the

Reference Materials

section

Worksheets

Artiacts

(Worksheet 1)

Reerence Materials

1903 Wright Flyer

(Fact Sheet 1)

Fokker Dr. 1

(Fact Sheet 2)

SR71

(Fact Sheet 3)

Boeing VC137C

(Fact Sheet 4)

Key Terms:

Biplane

Fuselage

High Wing

Jet Engine

Low Wing

Monoplane

Interpreting an Artiact

Time Requirement: 20 minutes per artiact

Objective:

Students will gain a better

understanding o the history o

an artiact or museum exhibit.

Students will also learn how to

interpret other exhibits or artiacts

that they encounter in the uture.

Activity Overview:

While at an aviation museum, students will

view various aircrat and ask the questions

who?, what?, when?, where?, why?

and how? to gain a better understanding

o each aircrats history.

(Photo courtesy o NASA

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Activity:Prior to beginning this activity, provide the students with an oral summary o

the Background inormation or have the students read it themselves.

While at a museum, have the students view various aircrat and ask the questions

who?, what?, when?, where?, why? and how? about each exhibit.

Encourage the students to use their background knowledge and the context

clues in the exhibit to iner what the answers to these questions might be beore

looking at the inormation provided by the museum. (Ex: I the plane has guns

attached, it was probably used by a military.) I a museum is not available, have

the students look at the photos and act sheets provided in the Reference

Materials section. Discuss the answers to each o the questions provided with

your students. Be sure to check the validity o any deduced answers; this can be

done by asking your museum guide, reviewing the inormation provided about

the exhibit, or by perorming additional independent research.

The provided answers reerence the aircrat included in the Reference Materials

section. Your answers will dier by exhibit.Triplane


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Discussion Points:

Who:

Who developed the aircrat?

Who used the aircrat?

Who is associated with this aircrat? (country, group, or individual)

What:

What was the unction o the aircrat? (note any markings or inscriptions)

What materials are used? (wood, abric, metal)

What style o wing design is used? (monoplane, biplane or triplane)

What type o wing placement does the aircrat have? (high wing, low wing)

What propulsion system does this aircrat use? (propeller or jet; single or multiple engines)

When:

When was the aircrat produced?

When was the aircrat fown?

When was the aircrat retired?

Where:

Where was the aircrat produced?

Where was the aircrat registered?

Where was the aircrat used?

Why:

Why would a museum keep this airplane?

Why is this airplane important to local, regional, national or international history?

How:

How was it used?

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Answers or 1903 Wright Flyer

Who:


The Wright Brothers, Orville and Wilbur Wright


The Wright Brothers, Orville and Wilbur Wright

Who is associated with this aircrat?

(country, group, or individual)

Orville and Wilbur Wright, rom the United States o

America; urther research indicates they were rom

Dayton, Ohio

What:

What was the unction o the aircrat?

(note any markings or inscriptions)

To become the worlds rst successul powered

heavier-than-air ying machine; to contribute to urthering

the science o aviation


The airrame was made o wood with muslin abric

covering the wings; the engine crankcase was aluminum

What style o wing design is used?

(monoplane, biplane or triplane)

Biplane

What type o wing placement does the aircrat

have? (high wing, low wing)

N/A

What propulsion system does this aircrat use?

(propeller or jet; single or multiple engines)

Single combustion engine; 12-horsepower Wright

horizontal our cylinder engine with twin propellers

When:


1903

When was the aircrat used?

1903


Unknown rom the data provided; urther research

shows it was damaged beyond repair on the same

day o its inaugural ight, Dec 17, 1903

Where:



indicates it was built in the Wright Brothers bicycle

shop in Dayton, OH


This aircrat was never registered; it was built beore

the registration system was established

Where was the aircrat fown?

Kittyhawk, NC

Why:


It was the rst powered airplane to y

Why is this airplane important to local, regional,

national or international history?

It was used or the rst ight in the world

How:

How was it used?

It was used as a test plane, own in a dirt eld several times

over the course o one day (December 17, 1903)


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Answers or Fokker Dr. 1

Who:


Fokker; urther research indicates Fokker was a Dutchaircrat manuacturer named ater its ounder, Anthony

Fokker


The German army during WWI



Manred von Richthoen (the Red Baron) is well

known or winning many dogghts using this planeduring WWI

What:



It was a ghter plane in WWI; the Iron Cross symbols

indicate that it is a German plane


Unable to determine based on inormation provided;

urther research indicates it was made rom abric covered

steel tubes



Triplane



N/A



Single combustion engine with a propeller

When:


The rst o these planes were produced in 1917


1917 - 1918


Circa 1918

Where:


Unknown rom the data provided; urther researchindicates the company that built it, Fokker, started in

Schwerin, Germany in 1912, and moved to the Netherlands

in 1919


This aircrat was never registered; it was built beore

the registration system was established


On the Western Front and elsewhere during WWI

Why:


It is a replica o a very amous type o plane used in World

War I and one o a very ew types o biplane ever built



It helped the Germans ght in WWI

How:

How was it used?

In military battles

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Answer or Lockheed SR71A

Who:


Lockheed Aircrat Corporation


The U.S. Air Force



Maj. Jerome F. OMalley and

Maj. Edward D. Payne

What:



To y long-range, advanced, strategic reconnaissance

missions (reconnaissance ights are own or

inormation-gathering and surveying purposes)


Unable to determine based on inormation provided,

though the photo indicates it is made mostly o metal

What style o wing design is used?(monoplane, biplane or triplane)

Monoplane



Low wing



Multiple jet engines; Two Pratt & Whitney J58s with

32,500lbs. o thrust each with aterburner

When:


Unknown rom the data provided; these aircrat rstentered service in 1966


1966 1998


U.S. Air Force retired its eet o SR-71s on Jan. 26, 1990

Where:



indicates it was built by Lockheed Aircrat Corporation at

The Skunkworks in Palmdale, Caliornia


The United States o America


The aircrat was used world-wide

Why:


Throughout its nearly 24-year career, the SR-71 remained

the worlds astest and highest-ying operational aircrat.;

it also set records or speed and altitude



It helped the U.S. military gather inormation

about their enemies

How:

How was it used?

In military reconnaissance missions


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Answer or Boeing VC137C (Boeing 707)

Who:


Boeing Aircrat Corporation


Several U.S. Presidents, diplomats and other dignitaries and

ofcials



The United States, specically the President o the

United States and the U.S. Airorce

What:



To y the President o the United States and other

government ofcials


Unable to determine based on inormation provided,

though the photos indicate it is made mostly o metal



Monoplane



Low wing



Multiple jet engines; Four Pratt & Whitney TF33

(JT3D-3B) turboans with 18,000 lbs. thrust each

When:


1962


1962 - 1998


1998

Where:


At the Boeing actory in Renton, Washington


The United States o America


World-wide

Why:


It was the rst airplane made specically or use by the

President o the United States



It was the rst airplane built specically or Presidential

use and it was own on many historic journeys, such as

returning John F. Kennedys body to Washington ater his

assassination in 1963

How:

How was it used?

It was used to transport the President, diplomats and other

dignitaries and ofcials

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NATIONAL SCIENCE STANDARDS 5-8

SCIENCE AS INQUIRY

Abilities necessary to do scientic inquiry

Understandings about scientic inquiry

PHYSICAL SCIENCE Properties and changes of properties in matter

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Abilities of technological design

Understanding about science and technology

NATIONAL SCIENCE STANDARDS 9-12

SCIENCE AS INQUIRY

Abilities necessary to do scientic inquiry

Understandings about scientic inquiry

PHYSICAL SCIENCE

Structure and properties of matter

Interactions of energy and matter

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Abilities of technological design

Understanding about science and technology


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Reerence Materials


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Fact Sheet 1 1903 Wright Flyer

Img. 6 The Wright Brothers First Flight; December 17, 1903


Summary:

The Wright brothers inaugurated the aerial age

with the worlds rst successul ights o a poweredheavierthanair ying machine. The Wright Flyer

was the product o a sophisticated ouryear program

o research and development conducted by Wilbur

and Orville Wright beginning in 1899. Ater building

and testing three ullsized gliders, the Wrights rst

powered airplane ew at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina,

on December 17, 1903, making a 12second ight,

traveling 36 m (120 t), with Orville piloting. The best

ight o the day, with Wilbur at the controls, covered

255.6 m (852 t) in 59 seconds.

The Wrights pioneered many o the basic tenets and

techniques o modern aeronautical engineering, such

as the use o a wind tunnel and ight testing as design

tools. Their seminal accomplishment encompassed

not only the breakthrough rst ight o an airplane, but

also the equally important achievement o establishing

the oundation o aeronautical engineering.

Date: 1903

Country of Origin: United States o America

Dimensions:

Wingspan: 12.3 m (40 t 4 in)

Length: 6.4 m (21 t 1 in)

Height: 2.8 m (9 t 4 in)

Weight: Empty, 274 kg (605 lb) / Gross, 341 kg (750 lb

Materials: Airrame: Wood / Fabric Covering: Muslin

Engine Crankcase: Aluminum

Physical Description: Canard biplane with one

12horsepower Wright horizontal ourcylinder engine

driving two pusher propellers via sprocketandchain

transmission system. No wheels; skids or landing gear.

Natural abric nish; no sealant or paint o any kind.

Content rom The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

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Fact Sheet 2 Fokker Dr. 1

Img. 10 1917 Fokker Dr. 1


Summary:

Few aircrat have received the attention given the

Fokker Dr. I triplane. Oten linked with the career o

World War Is highest scoring ace, Germanys Rittmeister

Manred von Richthoen (the Red Baron), the nimble

Dr. I earned a reputation as one o the best dogghters

o the war.

The German air orce ordered the Fokker Dr. I in the

summer o 1917, ater the earlier success o the British

Sopwith triplane. The rst Dr. I planes appeared

over the Western Front in August 1917. Pilots were

impressed with its agility, and several scored victories

with the highly maneuverable triplane. Von Richthoen

score 19 o his last 21 victories were achieved while he

was ying the Dr. I. By May 1918, however, the Dr. I was

being replaced by the newer and aster Fokker D. VII.

Although Fokker built a total o 320 o these aircrat,

none have survived. This reproduction is painted to

Armament:Two 7.92mm Spandau LMG 08/15 machine

guns

Engine: Oberursel Ur II o 110 hp or LeRhone o 110 hp

Maximum speed: 103 mph

Range: 185 miles

Ceiling: 19,685 t.

Span: 23 t. 7 in.

Length: 18 t. 11 in.

Height: 9 t. 8 in.

Weight: 891 lbs. empty; 1,291 lbs. loaded

represent the aircrat own by Lt. Arthur Rahn in April

1918 when he served with Jagdstael 19. Lt. Rahn is

credited with six conrmed victories. The aircrat was

placed on display in April 1994.

Content rom The National Museum o the United States Air Force


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Fact Sheet 3 Lockheed SR71A

Img. 11 Lockheed SR71A


Summary:

The SR71, unofcially known as the Blackbird, is a

longrange, advanced, strategic reconnaissance aircrat

developed rom the Lockheed A12 and YF12A aircrat.

The rst ight o an SR71 took place on Dec. 22, 1964,

and the rst SR71 to enter service was delivered to the

4200th (later 9th) Strategic Reconnaissance Wing at Beale

Air Force Base, Cali., in January 1966. The U.S. Air Force

retired its eet o SR71s on Jan. 26, 1990, because o a

decreasing deense budget and high costs o operation.

Throughout its nearly 24year career, the SR71 remained

the worlds astest and highestying operational aircrat.

From 80,000 eet, it could survey 100,000 square miles

o Earths surace per hour. On July 28, 1976, an SR71

set two world records or its class an absolute speed

record o 2,193.167 mph and an absolute altitude record

o 85,068.997 eet.

On March 21, 1968, in the aircrat on display, Maj. (later

Gen.) Jerome F. OMalley and Maj. Edward D. Payne made

the rst operational SR71 sortie. During its career, this

Armament: None

Engines: Two Pratt & Whitney J58s o 32,500 lbs. thrust

each with aterburner

Crew:Two

Maximum speed: Mach 3+ (three times the speed o

sound) or over 2,000 mph

Range: More than 2,900 statute miles

Ceiling: Over 85,000 t.

Span: 55 t. 7 in.

Length: 107 t. 5 in.

Height: 18 t. 6 in.

Weight: 140,000 lbs. loaded

Serial number: 617976

aircrat accumulated 2,981 ying hours and ew 942

total sorties (more than any other SR71), including 257

operational missions, rom Beale Air Force Base, Cali.,

Palmdale, Cali., Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, and RAF

(Base), Mildenhall, England. The aircrat was own to the

museum in March 1990.

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Fact Sheet 4 Boeing VC137C (Boeing 707)

Img. 12 SAM 26000, a Boeing VC137C landing at the National Museum o the United States Air Force in Dayton, OH


Summary:

This U.S. Air Force Boeing VC137C aircrat (civilian

designation 707320B) was the rst jet made specically

or use by the President o the United States. Built in

1962, it served many presidents over three decades,

carrying heads o state, diplomats and other dignitaries

and ofcials on many historic journeys.

Popularly known as SAM 26000 (Special Air Mission;

tail number 26000), the aircrat has also been called Air

Force One though this designation was used ofcially

only when the president was aboard. During the 1950s,

the call sign o the presidential aircrat was the prex

SAM ollowed by the aircrats tail number, and the name

Air Force One was later chosen to ensure there was no

question as to where the presidents aircrat was and

whether the president was aboard. Because President

Kennedy did not name his aircrat as had ormer

presidents, the news media popularized the call sign

Air Force One as this aircrats name.

On Oct. 10, 1962, VC137C number 26000 entered USAF

service directly rom the Boeing assembly line in

Renton, Wash. President Kennedy had the aircrat

painted in striking blue and white instead o the usual

military colors to give it a distinctive look. The title

United States o America was emblazoned on the

ueselage and an American ag was painted on the tail.

This aircrat carried eight presidents: Kennedy, Johnson,

Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, George H.W. Bush and

Clinton.

In December 1972 another Boeing 707320, aircrat

27000, became the primary presidential aircrat and

26000 became a backup, ying vice presidents and

other highranking government ofcials. In 1990 SAM

26000 let the presidential eet, but it continued to y

government ofcials, including Secretary o State James

Baker. Prior to the 1991 Gul War, he went abroad in

26000 or talks with Iraqi leaders about removing their

troops rom Kuwait.

SAM 26000 ew President Kennedy to Berlin in 1963,

where he declared to West Berliners, Ich bin ein Berliner,

assuring them o continuing United States support in

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the ace o Communist threats and the construction

o the Berlin Wall. Kennedy also ew aboard SAM

26000 to Dallas, Texas, where he was assassinated

on Nov. 22, 1963 and it was on this airplane that

Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as

the new president. SAM 26000 then carried John

F. Kennedys body and President Johnson back to

Washington, D.C. Johnson also used 26000 to visit

U.S. troops in Vietnam during the Southeast Asia

War.

Beginning in 1970, President Nixons national

security advisor, Dr. Henry Kissinger, used the

aircrat or 13 trips to Paris, France, or secret meetings

with the North Vietnamese. In February 1972 President

Nixon ew aboard SAM 26000 on his historic Journey

or Peace to the Peoples Republic o China (the rst visit

by an American president to China). In May 1972 SAM

26000 carried Nixon to the Soviet Union.

In October 1981 the aircrat ew Presidents Nixon, Ford

and Carter, and ormer Secretary o State Dr. Kissinger to

the uneral o the slain Egyptian president Anwar Sadat.

In March 1983 Queen Elizabeth II o the United Kingdom

ew on SAM26000 during her trip to the United States

when she visited the West Coast.

At a nationally televised event in May 1998, the USAF

retired SAM 26000 at the museum. This aircrat provided

36 years o service and accumulated more than 13,000

ying hours.

Maximum speed: 604 mph

Ceiling: Above 43,000 t.

Range: 6,000+ miles

Engines: Four Pratt & Whitney TF33 (JT3D3B) turboans

o 18,000 lbs. thrust each

Load: 40 passengers or 26,200 lbs. o cargo

Crew: 7 or 8

Fact Sheet 4 Continued

Img. 13 SAM 26000 on display at the National Museum o the

United States Air Force in Dayton, OH

(Photo courtesy o Courtesy o The National Museum o the United States Air Force)


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Fig.

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lane

Vertical

Stabilizer

Ro

tating

Aileron

Radio

Antenna

Fuel

Tank

(locatedinside

thewing)

(bodyof

theaircraft)

Engin

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Propeller

Fuselage

Landin

g

Gear

Navigation

Light

Navigation

Light

Flaps

Horiz

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Elevator

Rudder

Beacon

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Glossary

Biplane:

An airplane with two pairs o wings stacked vertically on top o each other

Control Surface:

Attached to the wings and tail, these moveable parts are used or steering or controlling an aircrat (example:

ailerons, elevator, rudder)

Fuselage:

The main body o an aircrat where the wings and tail are attached

High Wing:

The design o an airplane where the wings are level with or above the top o the uselage

Jet Engine:

An engine design which use turbines to create thrust

Low Wing:

The design o an airplane where the wings are attached to the center or bottom hal o the uselage

Monoplane:

An airplane with one main set o wings

Triplane:

An airplane with three vertically stacked wings

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Student Worksheets


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Worksheet 1 Artiacts

Artiact Name:

Who:



Who is associated with this aircrat? (country, group, or individual)

What:

What was the unction o the aircrat? (note any markings or inscriptions)


What style o wing design is used? (monoplane, biplane or triplane)

What type o wing placement does the aircrat have? (high wing, low wing)

What propulsion system does this aircrat use? (propeller or jet; single or multiple engines)

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Worksheet 1 Continued

When:




Where:




Why:


Why is this airplane important to local, regional, national or international history?

How:

How was it used?


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Img.1Kongminglatern

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2MaconAirship

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Img.3ReenactorsinfrontofareplicaFokkerDr.Itriplane

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4Civilianaircraftregistrationnumber

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Img.5Militaryaircraftinsignia

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Img.7TheWrightBrothers1903aircraft,theWrightFlyer,intheSmith

sonianNationalAirandSp

aceMuseum

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Img.11Lockheed

SR-71A

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