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Riley fun blog

At the Air and Space muesum Grant and I went on the simuator. On the simulator you control a plane that does it's actions. You can go upside down, side to side, and more. In the simulator you are a fighter pilot trying to shoot down the enemies. I have only been on the one in San Diego and you don't shoot anybody, you just fly. On the one in D.C. It was difficult to control because you had to be right on to kill the enemy. Although we only got 1 kill we had a lot of fun.

Riley math blog

The ratio of taxi cabs in time square is 1 out of 3. Meaning that out of every three cars there is a taxi. Sometimes you would think more. When you look in the street all you see is taxis. I even heard that 10 thousands taxis cross through time square in a day. It is just a rumor but it seems true. When I have seen time square on tv, I saw taxis, but not this much. I saw more taxis than any other car. It was suprising, but that shows you how much a tourist atrcation New York is.

Riley science blog

This machine is what the engines were like in the World War 2. This engine would be in the planes. For someone to design this they must be a michanical engineer. This engine to be designed must be scaled down. The engineers drawings must be exact. Must have a lot of detail. If it is not exact, something could go wrong when the plane is in the air. The engineer who designed this must have designed other engines from cars, boats, and more. Michanical engineers are a huge part of transportation today.

Riley science blog

At the Air and Space muesuem there is a lot of engineering. There are planes, simulators, and space ships. The main thing these have in common is, they all have electrical engineering. Just like you see in this picture there are cords, breakers, and controls. These all use electricity. In the Air and Space muesuem ther is a lot of electricty, so that means there have been a lot of electrical engineers.