drawings of paper airplanes

This fun acitivity illustrates the history of major airborne programs leading to the SOFIA project and how the telescope sizes have increased from the 12 inch Lear Jet instrument to the 98 inch (2.5 meter) telescope planned for SOFIA.

Click on the images below to get full-size patterns.

Click here for complete instruction on putting together the mobile.
patterns for Lear plane pattern for SOFIA fuselage
wing pattern for KAO wing pattern for SOFIA pattern for KAO fuselage