Home of Canadian Maritime Military Aviation
It was realized that the same information that was available in the pop-ups for the Sea King Interactive Display (information on the equipment selected and how it is used) might be of interest to the general public.
Therefore, the logical application of that was to publish the website on the internet, and therefore anyone could access it.
The original intent of this website was to be very simple, and only provided within the Sea King Interactive Display environment.
The Interactive Display’s purpose is (from Sea King Interactive Display Update 2019 10 20):
To allow all visitors to the Shearwater Aviation Museum to experience how the crew of a Canadian Sea King operated throughout its service life and various versions, regardless of the visitor’s background, if any, in maritime air operations.
To accomplish that, it has three Interaction Roles (Sea King Interactive Display Update 2019 10 20):
- Demonstrate how operations are executed by the computer simulated crew:
- Interaction with informational web pages
- Allow partial participation by providing simple directions:
- Interaction with simulated crew
- Allow full participation for experienced visitors such as retired aircrew:
- Interaction with equipment
First and foremost, as Shearwater Aviation Museum‘s role is to inform all visitors on Canada’s unique maritime aviation heritage, the display focuses on non-experienced visotrs, To do that, it will show how a crew is using the equipment. Visitors will be able to tap the equipment and a pop-up will be display showing what it’s for.
This website’s original purpose was to host those pop-ups…