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We had thousands of visitors at the New England Air Museum (www.neam.org) open house the day after Thanksgiving. Perfect fall weather, and a good stream of people all day.
For the library tours, I put "eye catchers" in various library areas, to stimulate interest. A 17th century book on the theory (!) of flying, some engineering drawings, a wind tunnel test model, a Beech Staggerwing photo, B-29 tech manuals, etc.
One young visitor made quite an impression on me.
A family of two adults and two children (ages 12 and 10) came on one of my tours, upstairs in the stacks, and downstairs in the archives. Father said his 10 year old "really likes airplanes and reads lots of airplane books and magazines".
Upstairs there's a wind tunnel model of the Burnelli CBY-3 Loadmaster.
I showed the model to the two children, and asked how that model is different from most other aircraft.
The ten year old took the model in hand, turned it to look at different angles, and said:
"The fuselage provides lift. It's shaped like a wing."
Now THAT is an impressive 10 year old. I detect a bright future.
Tom
For the library tours, I put "eye catchers" in various library areas, to stimulate interest. A 17th century book on the theory (!) of flying, some engineering drawings, a wind tunnel test model, a Beech Staggerwing photo, B-29 tech manuals, etc.
One young visitor made quite an impression on me.
A family of two adults and two children (ages 12 and 10) came on one of my tours, upstairs in the stacks, and downstairs in the archives. Father said his 10 year old "really likes airplanes and reads lots of airplane books and magazines".
Upstairs there's a wind tunnel model of the Burnelli CBY-3 Loadmaster.
I showed the model to the two children, and asked how that model is different from most other aircraft.
The ten year old took the model in hand, turned it to look at different angles, and said:
"The fuselage provides lift. It's shaped like a wing."
Now THAT is an impressive 10 year old. I detect a bright future.
Tom
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