Take Flight! the science of aviation

NOW OPEN!

Our brand new "Take Flight! the science of aviation" exhibit features state-of-the-art flight simulators built into kid-sized planes, an air traffic control tower, hot air balloon, pedal planes, remote control flight simulators, Bernoulli’s Wind Table, a Cessna 150, Paper Airplane Flight Cage, Pig Parachutes and more! This exhibit makes science, technology, engineering, and mathematics more fun than is imaginable!

Ballooning Team  Air Traffic Control Tower

Flying with the Wright Brothers  Flying in the Simulators

Bernoullis' Principle  Playing with the Pig Parachute

                     
The Take Flight exhibit is based upon work supported by NASA under grant award #NNX09AL32G.  
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this exhibit are those of The Iowa Children’s Museum and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Additional grants awarded by:

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