Unit 9-1 Blue Angels

After completing this unit, you will be able to:

• Create a multimedia screen that presents the famous U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron known as the Blue Angels.
• Provide realism with the ambient sound of the Blue Angels in flight.
• Show a spectacular video of the Blue Angels in flight.
• Link the Blue Angels button on the History of Flight menu to the Blue Angels screen.
• Use action buttons to enable the user to navigate.
• Create this multimedia sequence with very little less hand-holding.

Reading

The third button on the History of Flight menu depicts the Blue Angels, McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornets, acrobatic jet aircraft that made their debut in 1978. Read chapter 29 of the Multimedia Literacy textbook to create multimedia screens describing these fascinating jets and link them to the Blue Angels button on the History of Flight home screen.

Online Activities

This chapter provides less hand-holding than the previous ones. If you have trouble, go back to Chapter 28 for more detailed instructions. The only difference is in the filenames of the multimedia objects. Resources used in this unit from the Multilit CD include:

• Angels.bmp in the Aircraft folder.
• Angels.wav in the Ambient folder.
• Angels.avi in the Aircraft folder.

At the Multilit Web site you can learn more about the history of the Navy's Blue Angels, as well as their Air Force counterparts, the Thunderbirds.

Assignment

There is no specific assignment required in this unit, which is part of the History of Flight tutorial. The purpose of this tutorial is to step you through the process of creating a multimedia application based on a picture menu that provides the user with navigational options that appear onscreen within the context of a consistent user interface. Due to the progressive nature of the History of Flight tutorial, there are no end-of-chapter exercises. You do not need to hand in the History of Flight application unless your instructor has told you specifically to do so. You are nevertheless encouraged to complete this tutorial, which will provide you with valuable experience and knowledge that can inform the design and creation of your own multimedia application that you must submit to your instructor toward the end of the course.