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Kids and Aviation
By: Christian Von Delius
Jon-
In Aviation Memories: My Childhood Airport part 2, There
was discussion of involving kids with aviation.
Recently, in our Yahoo plasma cutting forum, I wrote
concerning a comment posted on how people would just make the things they
needed, back in the day. They were discussing building go-karts out of junk
when they were kids.
My response:
In fact, actual discussion: "It needs to be 3/16 of
an inch..No, that is 3/4 of an inch"..They barely can grasp reading a tape
measure. Most can now do 1/8ths" but it is still a challenge for some to
do 1/16th's. And calipers and 1/1000ths are still under construction..
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We have about 20 kids on and off. They learn safety, and
most can now buck rivets, use a chopsaw, a tape measure, pop riveter, drill
press, air tools (cutoff wheel, air drill,..). But most importantly, they learn
how to 'think', something they don't get off of TV.
And they are watching themselves build an actual airplane
(a Thatcher CX4)(and work on others..) For every number of hours they
participate, they are rewarded with an hour of flight instruction. About 4 of
the kids are serious about becoming pilots. And some of the parents participate
as well, and are learning things too (and we learn stuff from the kids and
parents also :-) http://flatheadyouthaviation.org/
to check it out.
-Christian
Solidworks Design & CNC Plasma Cutting
-a
division of-
"We
build ideas.."
