Ready for take off!

We have got our planes ready for Flying Day at school today.


My plane is stable because I added a stabilizer at the back.- REBEKAH



It was hard putting elevators and ailerons on my plane. -JAKE

I like the wings on mine. - HUGO


The wings on my plane are stiff and long. -BREE

We have tried hard to make them fly but most of them don't get much LIFT.
Our planes don't have any power of their own so they have trouble staying in the air for very long.
Our best planes are the ones that are light and stable.
The thing we don't like about our planes is that we can't fit in them and go for a ride!

we have a new class member

Raewyn has brought a new friend for our classroom.
We think this bird is a duck.
Te Rina likes the colours under its wings.
When you pull the little black bird that is hanginging down the ducks wings go up and down.
The duck can fly!
Jake thinks the duck could fly to Jamacia and back!

Trip to Motueka Aero Club

Today our clas went to visit the Aero Club at Motueka Airfield.
We went to see how the aeroplanes actually worked.




George sat in the plane and pushed the pedals with his feet to make the rudder move. The rudder makes the plane turn left or right.





Everyone had a turn at making the elevators go up and down by pulling the controls forward.The elevators make the plane go up or down at the front.
To tip the plane from side to side we had to turn the controls left or right.