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Essay and Scholarship Project

Scholarship Awards

                                                                                                             


  Description of Best Essay Scholarship Award

 2nd Place Award - $50.00

Honorable Mention - Signed CD of SANDBOX- Song by Rebecca Henricks-see Links                             

 

                                         Mission Quest Flight Camp at the Museum of Aviation

     Warner Robins, GA - Summer 2010


                                      Mission Quest Flight Camp will thrust you skyward at Mach 2 to a heart pounding simulation           
                                      experience in the F12e, C17 and B-2 Bomber. Learn and use actual flight navigation and
                                      communication equipment while maneuvering your jet through mountains, thunderstorms, and
                                     
aerial refueling challenges.  Mission Quest is an interactive educational program that uses state-of-
                                     
the-art aircraft simulators to support local, state and national math and science learning objectives.
                                     
Problem solving, communications, team building and leadership skills are also stressed.  Students
                                     
become aircraft crew-members and fly simulated Air Force non-combat missions.

                                                                                   *Designed for middle & high school age students
                                                                                   *Increases students understanding of math, science & technology
                                                                                   *Supports national goal of making students scientifically literate                                 
                                                                                   *Improves students' communications and problem solving skills
                                                                                   *Hand & eye coordination
                                                                                   *Aircraft components, functions, navigation, flight planning & aviation history  
                                                                      
                                            Earlier this summer Lynn and Reid Geddie viewed                             Reid was treated to sit in the 'left seat' (pilot's seat)
                                            a Curtiss Commando C-46 like the ones her father                            of the Commando C-46's cockpit.
                                            flew over the Himalayas in WWII.  The plane is featured                    
                                            in the WWII hanger at the Museum of Aviation.                                                                                                                                                     


                 
                                                                                 
                  SR-71 Blackbird                                                           U-2 Dragon Lady                                                                                            P-51D Mustang
                  Recon- Cold War Era                                                  Recon- Koren Era                                                                                          Fighter- WWII - Korean Era
     
                                      
       Visit the Museum of Aviation's web site: www.museumofaviation.org  to view Mission Quest and other exhibits and programs.         
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