The Media Library of Genesee Valley BOCES

Paul MacCready and his record-breaking AeroVironment team have created a human-powered plane, a solar-powered plane, and are working on the world's smallest planes - a "micro-bat" that flies like an insect

Orville and Wilbur Wright design an airplane and on December 17, 1903, Orville becomes the first man to fly it

In a series of high adventures the students personally discover how wings and moving air cause flight. Animated

Miss Kelly learns what it takes to be a pilot as she goes flying in small planes and large jumbo jets

Part of the "Did You Ever Wonder" series, students receive a lesson on the history of flight and get a tour of the Cessna Plant in Wichita, Kansas

Describes the principles of airplane and helicopter flight

"Live and interactive, Flight School: Inspired to Fly takes off at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. The first in a series of four programs, Inspired to Fly introduces the principles and practices of early powered flight. From boomerangs to hot air balloons, from boxed kites to the Wright Flyer, the story of aviation is rich and varied. Students meet pilots, engineers, astronauts, and museum curators. A team of educators identify scientific principles that make controlled, heavier-than-air flight possible." - Fairfax Network

Stunning in-air photography of dizzying aerobatic stunts puts you in the pilot's seat for "snap rolls," "loops," "humpty bumps" and "hammerheads." It's fantastic fun..at 200 miles an hour!

Strap yourself in for high-altitude, history-making adventure - you're about to experience the thrill, precision, and aerial artistry of the Navy's Blue Angels

Former Blue Angel, Navy Lieutenant Commander Donnie Cochran explains why engineers need to know mathematics in order to design aircraft