Questions for Research

How does the Stealth Bomber get up in the air? (Jack, Mrs. V's class of OR)
How do airplanes go so fast? (Chris T., Mrs. V's class of OR)
How do airplanes stay in the air?(Chris C., Mrs. V's class of OR)
How do some airplanes take off vertically?(Steven, Mrs. V's class of OR)
How did the pedal airplane get into the air?(Cullen, Mrs. V's class of OR)
How do birds and airplanes stay in the air? (High Flyers, Mrs. Romeo's class of WV)
What makes planes able to fly? (Team 1, Mr. Aro's class of MN)
How do planes fly? How heavy is the biggest plane? (Wise Guys, Mr. Wilkes'class of MN)
How can such a heavy thing fly? Should the wings be a certain angle?(Wade of VT)
Compared to the rest of the plane, how long do the wings have to be?(Team 2, Mr. Aro's class of MN)
What makes your ears pop when you fly in an airplane?(Team 3, Mr. Aro's class of MN)
What is the fastest recorded time for a plane?(Team 4, Mr. Aro's class of MN)
How high can an airplane fly? How do engines make the plane fly?(Wild Things, Mr. Wilkes' class of MN)
What is the limit to how high jets can fly? How long of a runway do big jets need?(Walter and Luke of MT)
Does every airplane and helicopter have a black box? How much fuel does a jumbojet use in flight from Israel to USA? What damage can a bird do when it hits an airplane?(group 1, Ms. Yitzhak's class of Israel)
How does a plane stay in the air when it weighs so much? Where do they keep the oxygen that allows you to breathe in the plane? How do planes get from one city to another city without crashing into one another? Can a plane fly completely around the world without having to stop to get more fuel?(group 1, Ms.Hiebert's class of CA)
How do birds fly? How do birds fly faster than their predators? Airplanes are heavy. How do they get off the ground? How do jets turn in the air?(group 2, Ms. Hiebert's class of CA)
How does an airplane fly upside down? How do flying squirrels fly (glide)? How do helicopters fly? How do birds land? (group 3, Ms. Hiebert's class of CA)
The wings of an airplane keep it up in the air but why does it continue to fly when it goes upside down? I've seen movies where the window of an airplane has been broken and everything gets sucked out of the plane. Why does that happen? Pilots flying jets wear masks. Why?( Mr. Cowley's class, Robarts School of Canada)
We all would like to learn how to fly jets. We would also like to learn the technology of aircrafts including things like the materials they are made out of, the control panel, if all planes can go at one speed at one time, the lowest and highest altitude they can go, and the fuel type they use.(Ms. Snell's class of NY)
How far do planes usually have to travel on the ground in order to get up into the air? How does the direction of the wind affect the take off and landing of a plane?(Charles Wright of CN)
How are runways made for airplanes?(Mr. Smith's and Ms. Clayton's class of Manitoba, Canada)

Specific Types of Craft:

How does a hot air balloon work? (Clouds, Mrs. Romeo's class of WV)
How does the Concorde fly so fast? What improvements to planes can we look forward to in the future? (USA Jets, Mrs. Romeo's class of WV)
How do gliders soar? How did the Wright brothers think of flying?(Groovey Girls, Mr. Wilkes'class of MN)
How long is the wing span of a Cesna? F-16 fighter? How do people who have physical challenges get on the planes?(Aliens, Mr. Wilkes' class of MN)
How do some airplanes take off vertically?(Group 1, Mr. Beamer's class of ID)
How fast do you need to go to break the sound barrier?(Group 2, Mr. Beamer's class of ID)
What aircraft holds the most fuel?(Group 3, Mr. Beamer's class of ID)
What is the fastest jet?(Group 4, Mr. Beamer's class of ID)
What plane can fly the fastest? What height can a plane reach? What is the longest plane in the world?(group 2, Ms. Yitzhak's class of Israel)
What is the name of the smallest airplane in the world and what is its size? What is the weight of a jumbojet?(group 4, Ms. Yitzhak's class of Israel)
How many passengers does a 747 hold? What is the biggest plane in the world and where is it located? What was the first airport built and when was it built?(Charles Wright of CN)
When did airplanes start flying with nuclear bombs? What kind of fuel is put into airplanes? What are the advantages/disadvantages of biplanes/triplanes? What kind of planes do pilots learn on? Why can't the stealth bomber be detected? What's the biggest airplane in the world? (Mr. Smith's and Ms. Clayton's class of Canada)
What can you tell me about the Avro Arrow? (Mr. Smith's and Ms. Clayton's class of Canada)

History of Flight:

What was the first airplane made and who invented it? What was the longest flight on one tank of fuel, in what plane? What is the name of the bird with the longest wingspan and what is the wingspan if it?(group 3, Ms. Yitzhak's class of Israel)
Who was the first person to fly a pedaled plane? What was the war in which planes were first used? What did the Wright brothers name their first airplane?(Charles Wright of CN)

Aviators:

Who was Amelia Earhart? (Sea Gulls, Mrs. Romeo's class of WV)
Describe 2 theories which attempt to explain Amelia Earhart's diapppearance during her trans Atlantic flight.( Charles Wright of CN)
Who are some famous pilots and what did they do?(Mr. Smith's and Ms. Clayton's class of Canada)