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1 online resource (streaming video file) (24 min. 7 sec.) ; 145369389 bytes |
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Stow your luggage and put away your tray tables as SCOPE gets set for take-off! This episode flies through the science of planes! We SCOPE out what planes are and have been, make our own paper planes, look into maintenance and research and investigate a plane that can see!PLANES 101So what is a plane? To find out, Dr Rob heads to Aviation Australia and investigates and explains what planes are, how they get off the ground and how they soar through the air.RAAF MUSEUMWe're treating this story with military precision, because we're off to the RAAF Museum in Point Cook, Victoria! We salute pilot Steve Baker as he takes us through a history of planes, from ones made of fabric and wood, to ultra-modern jets!PAPER PLANES EXPERIMENTYou've probably made a paper plane or two in your time, but Julia takes things one step further with a fun experiment you can try at home! All you'll need is some paper, a tape measure and your throwing arm!AIRCRAFT ENGINEERPlane goes up. Plane comes down. Plane goes up . . . wait, we missed a step! Planes have to have a lot of maintenance work done on them between flights to ensure they are safe, so to take a closer look we visit Daniel Cheers, an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer from John Holland Aviation ServicesAIRCRAFT RESEARCHHere's a riddle. What to tree branches and plane wings have in common? The answer: Lauren Burns, and engineer from RMIT University! She gives us a look at her research into how to build stronger planes but modelling them on tree structures!FIXED WING UASMost modern planes have auto-pilot, but what about a plane that not only flies itself, but can see AND navigate for itself! We join Scott McNamara, a research engineer from the Australian Research Centre for Aerospace Automation to check out the Flamingo!So buckle up and join Dr Rob to take to the skies as he once again proves that the ordinary really does become extraordinary; under the SCOPE! |
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Broadcast 2011-04-02 at 09:00:00 |
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Classification: G |
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Airplanes -- Control systems.
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Airplanes -- Landing.
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Airplanes -- Takeoff.
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Science -- Study and teaching.
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Australia.
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Streaming video
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Bell, Rob, host
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