Wednesday, April 9, 2014

7th Grade Field Trip - Palm Springs Air Museum - October 29, 2013

http://palmsprings.com/airmuseum/

Volunteers at the Museum are those who have been in War. 

What makes a plane go up?  - overcame gravity with lift. Overcame drag with thrust.

4 forces of flight - gravity, lift, drag, thrust. 

P-47 Thunderbolt - helped win the war. 
Has 18 cylinders. 
Strayfee - air to air combat
Air to ground rockets
Bombing run

Pby -amphibian - takes off on land and can land on water. And can take off on water. 

Mid way island

Wake island - closer to Tokyo than Hawaii . Aug 1941







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