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Forum: Private Flying

24th Jan 2017, 12:44

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Posted By Genghis the Engineer

A lot of universities have had excellent...

A lot of universities have had excellent responses sending enthusiastic undergraduates to talk to schoolchildren about careers and opportunities.

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Forum: Private Flying

23rd Jan 2017, 13:30

Replies: 33

History of Flight talk - Help required

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Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Very laudable Rod, and power to your elbow, but...

Very laudable Rod, and power to your elbow, but it still reads to me that your emphasis should be on what can be done now and in those children's personal futures - not what happened in 1927, 1903,...

Forum: Private Flying

22nd Jan 2017, 22:15

Replies: 33

History of Flight talk - Help required

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Posted By Genghis the Engineer

I still think you're daft to try to cram so much...

I still think you're daft to try to cram so much detail, and probably too little and understanding in, but in the spirit of what you're doing...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Coleman
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Forum: Private Flying

22nd Jan 2017, 09:00

Replies: 33

History of Flight talk - Help required

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Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Somebody promoting that view is currently...

Somebody promoting that view is currently following me on Twitter, I'm not quite sure what they hope to gain from my occasional comments on current aerospace engineering and earth sciences issues !
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Forum: Private Flying

22nd Jan 2017, 08:39

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History of Flight talk - Help required

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Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Generally at the end of a process of many...

Generally at the end of a process of many man-years of analysis and careful design, by people with a very deep technical education. Flight testing is at the sharp end of that process, but there is...

Forum: Private Flying

21st Jan 2017, 11:25

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History of Flight talk - Help required

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Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Just picking up on Mary's point - there is...

Just picking up on Mary's point - there is something valuable and fundamental there. The link from "here's stuff happening / has happened / will happen" to "here's how you can be involved in this...

Forum: Private Flying

20th Jan 2017, 22:09

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History of Flight talk - Help required

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Posted By Genghis the Engineer

In my experience, there'll be nobody else...

In my experience, there'll be nobody else prepared to do it - so you have a lot more latitude than you think.

Attention span of youngsters - you're looking at 40 minutes, plus some discussion...

Forum: Private Flying

20th Jan 2017, 20:24

Replies: 33

History of Flight talk - Help required

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Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Surely the way to do that is to talk about what's...

Surely the way to do that is to talk about what's there now and in the future, not what happened before they were born.

I am fascinated by aviation history - but it wasn't what got me to...

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