Aerospace Engineer: WHO Designs Helicopters?
Only six companies can build modern helicopters – and aerospace engineers make it happen. Meet Dr. Al Brand from Bell Textron and the epic flying machines he helps bring to life.
In this episode of JOBTASTIC, we meet Dr. Al Brand, Senior Technical Fellow and Director of Flight Technology at Bell Textron – one of only six companies in the world that can build modern helicopters.
Dr. Brand helps us answer:"WHO Designs Helicopters?" Follow along as we explore his work as an aerospace engineer and discover how incredible flying machines go from a simple sketch to the open sky.
Why helicopters do the critical jobs that airplanes simply can’t
Why it takes hundreds of people and years of testing (Arctic, lightning chambers and…)
How helicopters are leveling up – you probably didn’t know this aircraft existed
SKILL STARTER: Problem Solving
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Resource: The paper helicopter template in this SKILL STARTER comes from the education team at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. You can find their full student project guide
Photo Credit: Dr. Al Brand
