MOHAI Idea Lab at Home: Airplanes

Learn about early innovations in aviation history and the four forces of flight by taking a close look at the B-1 seaplane and some of the design features that help it fly! Then, we’ll show you four different kinds of flying machines you can make and test at home.
About the MOHAI Idea Lab: learn about examples of innovations throughout history, build skills for innovation, and let your imagination soar with activities for the young and young at heart that rotate every few months. At the museum, sit down at the Idea Lab any time for a self-guided, hands-on activity inspired by MOHAI exhibits and programs. Explore the same ideas at home with videos and downloadable instructions for a craft or experiment designed by MOHAI Educators.
Click here to download the instructions for the activity in this video: mohai.org/prog...
Historic photos in order of appearance:
Men pulling B & W into Boeing Seaplane Hangar on Lake Union, Seattle, 1916. MOHAI, SHS11540.
Men assembling wooden wings at Boeing Airplane Company, 1922. MOHAI, SHS9274c.
Pilot Eddie Hubbard with Boeing B-1 mail plane at Lake Union, ca. 1925. Austin Seward Photograph Collection, MOHAI, 1980.6877.176
Music: “School” by Komiku is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License; “Space Age Boogie Machine” by John Bartman is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 Attribution License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ .