Lesson plan
FreeX
FreeX GmbH (usually styled freeX) was a German aircraft manufacturer based in Lenggries and previously located in Egling. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of paragliders in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft. The company was founded about 1994 and seems to gone out of business in about 2013, as the website started returning database errors. FreeX was a Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung, a limited liability company. The company produced a wide range of paragliders, including the competition Arrow, intermediate Blade, Moon and Blast, the mountaineering descent FXT wing, the two-place Gemini and the beginner Joker.
Article summary
FreeX GmbH (usually styled freeX) was a German aircraft manufacturer based in Lenggries and previously located in Egling. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of paragliders in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft. The company was founded about 1994 and seems to gone out of business in about 2013, as the website started returning database errors. FreeX was a Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung, a limited liability company. The company produced a wide range of paragliders, including the competition Arrow, intermediate Blade, Moon and Blast, the mountaineering descent FXT wing, the two-place Gemini and the beginner Joker.
Key claims
- date of foundation: 1994 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
Discussion questions
- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- The record states that the date of foundation is "1994". What evidence would count against this claim?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
Bibliography
- Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359511484
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