RST Engineering wrote:

My first read on this when you said it was a coop was that you converted
an
old chicken coop for a school. Cooperative. Got it the third time
through
{;-)

I'm not sure that there's *that* much of a distinction, but yes.

laugh

I hope I've PULLED you over the edge. I found out a long time ago it is a
hell of a lot easier to get a rope to move by getting out in front and
pulling than pushing from the other end {;-)

You mean "pull" like the rudder or elevator? I was thinking "push" like the
flaps.


Congrats on making the aviation thing happen in your classroom.

That's premature. You should be wishing me luck...and providing any
suggestions you might have as to how this should be done. Materials I can
either give to teachers or use to develop a little mini program I can embed
would be quite welcome.

I'm starting from scratch. For example, what about a contest for the
construction of paper airplanes? Winners (multiple metrics including
longest duration and greatest distance) get a flight. Would parents go
along (in either sense of the word {8^)?

If not, perhaps I can convince a local aviation museum, at which a friend
works, to donate some time on their F-something simulator.

I do have a fair collection of "age appropriate" books on aviation for my
son. I expect that this will continue. One of my favorites at the moment
is "I love planes". It gets one little detail *very* right: the boy
"speaking" in the story is at a ball game with his family. The audience in
few on that page is watching the game...all except the boy and his Mom (the
pilot in the family) who are looking at a nearby blimp.

- Andrew