Hello!


I hope your week is off to a great start! I’m working to develop a wide array of aviation-related resources for educators to utilize in the classroom revolving around history, science and physics. My goal is to make these resources available to educators (and others) as a way to foster interest in aviation (and history, science and physics!). 


With the news of the Dreamliner’s debut, my attention has turned to the creation of an aircraft. Thus, my current lesson plan seeks to answer the question: what steps are involved in building a passenger jet from the ground up?


So, I’ve been researching for the better part of the past couple of days to get this lesson plan together, and while doing so, visited your site (was on this page mostly:http://cuip.net/~rbrennan/TIE542/Aerodynamics%20Webquest/Resources.htm ). I noticed that you’ve got a link that’s no longer working to the “How Stuff Works” page on the airplane: http://www.howstuffworks.com/airplane.htm. Rather than just send you that info, I thought it would be helpful if I included the fix as well! The updated URL is: http://www.howstuffworks.com/transport/flight/modern/airplanes.htm.


I also have a few other resources I wanted to pass your way. I have too many to count, but don’t worry - I’m won’t send all of them. I picked a few I thought would be great additions to your site; they complement the ‘How Airplanes Work’ link well:


History of Aviation: Aircrafts Through Time
http://www.e-aircraftsupply.com/history-of-aviation-aircrafts-through-time/


History of the Airplane: Wright Brothers Aeroplane Co.
http://www.wright-brothers.org/History_Wing/History_of_the_Airplane/History_of_the_Airplane_Intro/History_of_the_Airplane_Intro.htm


How Does an Airplane Fly?
http://www.eweek.org/site/discovere/activities/airplane.pdf


Please feel free to add any (or all) to your site as you see fit.


Thank you for your time!
Lindsey


Lindsey Weiss
lindseyweiss@outbounding.com


P.S. Let me know if you’d rather I not email again in the future regarding resource-related and/or broken link-related questions. You can reply to this note or send me an email: lindseyweiss@outbounding.com
P.P.S. would you like to see my lesson plan once it’s complete?

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