Njosh
What’s the topic of the paper?
Pick an aircraft you like/find interesting/fascinating…
Discuss one (or more) technical aspects of the aircraft that distinguish it from other airplanes
Some ideas (but don’t use these!)
Vickers Viscount – first turboprop passenger aircraft
De Havilland Comet – first jet powered aircraft
Boeing 747 – first “widebody” aircraft
BAC/Aerospatiale Concorde – first supersonic passenger aircraft
You can also write your paper on military airplanes
Conclude your paper with your brief assessment of whether the technological innovation/s were a game-changer for the company or the aviation industry at large
Guidelines for the Paper
2 pages maximum
1.5 point line spacing
You can use one or two pictures to illustrate your point but you must not saturate your paper with pictures
The paper must contain more written discussion than photos
Cite your sources! Citations are important – give credit where it’s due.
Don’t cite Wikipedia (!)
Use a standard citation format such as MLA
A useful link: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/02/