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July 2009

Day 2 Week 2

Hi All,
I think that we had a lot of fun today. Most of the kids liked the multi player aspect of the Skyfighters sim. Some of the kids asked where they could get the software. If you are interested, there is a free download and free demo at http://DonsGames.com The full price is $29- . [...]

Thursday July 16, 2009 : Field Trip

Hello All,
We had a great day today and an unexpected opportunity to see several very cool planes. The kids also got to sit in one of the Oshkosh Fire trucks!! There are some great photos as well. Even though it proved to be warm in the room, the kids did a great job paying attention. [...]

Week 2 day three

Hello All,
Thursday is our field trip day to the California Flight Center. This is what I have planned:
Meet 9:00
Safety Discussion / Orientation 9:10
Fire Department Demo approx 9:30
CFI Discussion 10:45
Lunch 12:00
Guest Speaker 1:00
Airplane Preflight 2:15
Day Finishes Approx 3:15
Just a reminder if you will be meeting me at the flight center I will be there just prior [...]

Day Four: Thursday

Happy Thursday!
It has been a long good day. After camp I attended a presentation by Long Beach’s former mayer (and Pilot) Ernie Kell then attended the EAA Chapter 7 meeting at Air Flight. I did get a request from the president and the person responsible for Young Eagles Chapter 7. If you are interested in [...]

Day 3

Hello All,
I wanted to send an update on today and some of what is planned for tomorrow. I’ve included some images from today. The kids played slightly different roles today than they have so far during the camp. After watching a few short videos on air traffic control they assumed the role of an air [...]

Day 2

Hello Again,
We are finished with day two. I’ve included a few more pictures this time and edited those on the web site. If there is an image that you would like a higher quality original please let me know. The link to the images is here.
Today we spent a lot of time on using the [...]

Day 1

Greetings All,
I wanted to share some images from today’s activities. Here is the direct link to larger images. http://uniqueeducationalexperiences.com/ASC/2009Images/index.html There are a few videos on the site as well. In the mean time check out some of the snap shots below.
I think that they had a good time today building their model and [...]

Here are some updates to the camps.
Miscellaneous
I would like to have an open house for parents on Thursday during the field trip so if you are available please let me know. This is tentative as I need to clear this with the owner of the flight center.
We will be launching bottle rockets and will need [...]