Take Off Day

Working with partners we delivered a careers day at Bertha Park High School

RAF STEM team made paper aeroplanes and rockets with participants
Learning about the cockpit inside a jet
Flight suit
Emergency response
Fire safety
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Engine 1.jpg
Pupils flew drones around an obstacle course to collect photographs
Drones are controlled by iPads and provided by Skills Development Scotland
Drone footage
RAF VR Goggles
Paul "Dinky" Davis from the RAF brought VR Goggles, a STEM team and young trainees to engage with the young people from Bertha Park High School.
A participant tries on the RAF flight suit
Air Traffic control joined us to speak about what they do
AST Engineering
A flight simulator was available for students to try
Flight simulator in action
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Map reading and navigation skills link into numeracy
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Simulator 1.jpg
Glider 2.JPG
Flight Suit 4.JPG
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