Resources
Below are sample resource links for each of the five areas of research that will help get webquesters moving. The samples are deemed to be just that, samples to get each webquester moving, but by no means a definitive list. Webquesters should look for clues in each of these samples that will point them in the direction of further research to help build a body of knowledge around their chosen area of research.
1. Flight Theory (Basic Physics & Primary Handling)
| The Physics of flight | http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/vertebrates/flight/physics.html |
| The Physics of flying | http://ffden-2.phys.uaf.edu/211_fall2002.web.dir/Will_Salzman/index.html |
| Forces that Act on Aircraft in flight (video) | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rQAUHSTJIQ |
| Line-Up Checklist | http://www.tpub.com/content/aviation2/P-862/P-8620018.htm |
| Intro to Pre-flight Check (video) | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSR-HtIyxl4 |
| Pre-Flight Checklists | http://ezinearticles.com/?Pre-Flight-Checklists---Are-You-and-Your-Aircraft-Ready-For-Flight?&id=2706157 |
2. Airframes and Engines (Flight Controls & Control Surfaces)
| Primary flight controls | http://www.pilotfriend.com/training/flight_training/fxd_wing/primary.htm |
| Boeing 727 Flight Controls | http://www.boeing-727.com/Data/systems/infofltctrls.html |
| Brake Test (video) | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwgQmKjETjc |
| Aircraft weight and balance | http://www.pilotfriend.com/training/flight_training/wt_bal.htm |
| Control Surfaces of An Aircraft (video) | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjrJFAQhxNs |
3. Weather (Air Pressure / Moisture / Temperature & Wind)
| Air Pressure vs Altitude (video) | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_yf-iRf8Vc&feature=related |
| Wind Tunnel (video) | http://www.ara.co.uk/media-centre/video-library/ |
| Airspeed and Groundspeed | http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/instruments/q0210.shtml |
| Aneroid Barometer | http://www.home-weather-stations-guide.com/aneroid-barometer.html |
| Living or working under a flight path | http://www.gatwickairport.com/noise/definition/causes/under-flight-path/ |
4. Air Law (Air Space Regulation & Radio Communications)
| European Airspace Regulation | http://www.uavs.org/regulation |
| Air Traffic Control | http://www.answers.com/topic/air-traffic-control |
| Air Traffic Over the World | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1L4GUA8arY&feature=related |
| Aircraft communication system | http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/6720890.html |
| Aircraft Radio Communications | http://ezinearticles.com/?Aircraft-Radio-Communications&id=2499596 |
| MAYDAY,MAYDAY (video) | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTyv8f-_8Mw |
5. Human Factors (Fatigue and Concentration & Authority)
| Cabin Decompression and Hypoxia | http://www.theairlinepilots.com/medical/decompressionandhypoxia.htm |
| Human Factor in Air Accidents (video) | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUpPQC0jCys |
| Pilot fatigue detection | http://www.docstoc.com/docs/46812751/Pilot-fatigue-detection-using-aircraft-state-variables |
| Pilot and Co-pilot | http://airplanepilot.blogspot.com/2008/02/pilot-and-copilot.html |
| Pilot in Command (PIC) | http://www.ask.com/wiki/Pilot_in_command |
| Co-Pilot Job Description (video) | http://www.ehow.com/video_4993867_copilot-job-description.html |