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FANTASTIC FLIGHT
Lesson Ideas and Activities
AOTEAROA'S
AWESOME AVIATORS
Learn about three great aviators - Richard Pearse, Jean Batten, and Sir Keith Park. These Kiwis show off the best of New Zealand. They were creative, adventurous, and ingenious!
FANTASTIC FUNDAMENTALS
OF FLIGHT
Learn about the forces of flight in a fun and interactive way
The gyrocopter built by New Zealanders Ron and Ernest (Ernie) Everson illustrates the ‘do it yourself’, ‘number 8 wire’ ability that New Zealanders pride themselves on having.
Have you ever wondered why things fall down? Well the answer to that question is gravity. Make your own drop-copter and play with gravity.
Over 50 years ago, Cliff Tait flew a tiny single engine Airtourer 115 around the globe to advertise New Zealand built aeroplanes. Check out the highlights of his journey and make your own paper plane.
MOTAT'S ONLINE FLIGHT COLLECTION
Explore photos related to flight in the MOTAT online collection.
Fantastic Flight Kupu list
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Step by Step instructions on how to make your own Manu Tukutuku (kite).
Engineer a jetliner, read stories from real engineers, and learn about forces, motions and design processes.
Immerse yourself in five illustrated scenes, each depicting an era of passenger flight, and explore the changes that have occurred in passenger air travel since the dawn of commercial aviation, in this interactive graphic timeline.
Learn about the bar tailed godwit/kuaka bird.
It has broken all migration records for the world's longest non-stop flight
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