Welcome to our new Kids Page where you will find interesting activites and stuff just for kids.
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FAA Kid's Corner

PBS Kids - All About Aviation

Boeing's Kids Page

Aviation Concentration

Aviation Trivia

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Making Paper Airplanes

We have all made the basic paper airplane by folding paper in half and half again, folding in wings then letting her fly. Well, if you are interested in something a little fanicer, click HERE to see some really cool designs. You can even print them out on a page and fold on the dotted line to have full color, really cool designs!




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Pilots have their own way of talking on the radio. You will hear many strange terms when you list and as you start learning to fly. One of things pilots and ATC (air traffic controllers) do is to say letters in a certain way. This is called the Phonetic "Alphabet". Practice spelling your name with the phonetic alphabet to help you remember it.
  
Click on the Puzzle below to print out a crossword puzzle about the phonetic alphabet.

Crossword Puzzle

2011 Air Race Classic Word Search Puzzle

When studying aviation, one of the important things to understand is weather and how it impacts flying, especially flying in a small airplane. The National Weather Service has a free web site, www.aviationweather.gov that has all sorts of information for aviation weather. But what are all of thoose strange symbols that you see on the weather maps and charts. Click below to find out how to read all of those weather maps.

Weather Symbols and their meanings