JETSTAR HANGAR VISIT

JETSTAR HANGAR VISIT

Many of us know what it's like to check in our luggage at the airport, wait for our flight to board, walk through a tunnel that leads directly into an aircraft, buckle in and take off. But very few people ever get a chance to actually walk around the outside of a huge jet, kick a tire and poke their heads inside a jet engine. This was the rare and amazing opportunity granted to Hallam Senior College Physics students when they visited Jetstar and BAE Systems at Melbourne International Airport. Physics teacher Rob Zreczycki explains, 'This field trip was part of an extended practical investigation students have worked on in their Physics class. Thanks to Aviation Aerospace Australia, Jetstar and BAE Systems, students were able to see first-hand the connection between research work they did at school and real-life aerospace applications. For Alli (pictured), her very first time on a passenger jet was made extra special on this day. Not only was it a Boeing 787 Dreamliner she and her classmates boarded, but they also got to sit in the captain's seat'.
Hallam's aviation and aerospace pathway starts at Year 10 where students are able to choose a science elective that focuses on drone technologies and flight science. This then leads them on to more specialist subjects such as Physics and Engineering where aerospace is studied in greater depth while beyond that, the sky's the limit.