Page 2 - Aerotech News and Review, May 14, 2021

Flight test youth website for public registration updates at https://www.afftcmuseum.org/
Junior Test Pilots go on a series of learning missions to explore and find
out how to analyze different aspects of STEM principles in aerospace en-
education cleared gineering, interact with fellow learners and guides in online discussion fo- Reader’s
rums and Google Hangouts, participate in online interactive activities, and
have opportunities
for summer to learn about the Services
variety of careers
How to contact
in aerospace.
Aerotech News and Review
takeoffs partnership with • E-Mail: editor@aerotechnews.com
Brown said the
• Phone: (661) 945-5634
the Edwards AFB
education office • Fax: (661) 723-7757
• Website: www.aerotechnews.com
by Larry Grooms will be of direct
special to Aerotech News
benefit to children
With lifting of the COVID-19 overcast, the Aerospace Valley’s Flight attending on-base Advertising
Test Museum Foundation is relaunching its free Junior Test Pilot Sum- schools operated Corporate Headquarters:
(877) 247-9288
mer Program at Blackbird Airpark in Palmdale; partnering with Edwards by Kern County’s Email: sbueltel@aerotechnews.com
Air Force Base to offer summer on-base math studies for incoming high Muroc Unified
school students; and scheduling dates with Palmdale and Eastside School School District.
Districts and AV Uplift to support science, technology, engineering, and As Director of Subscriber Services
math (STEM) programs across the region. Education for the Subscriptions to Aerotech News
Lisa Brown, Flight Test Historical Museum Director of Education, private non-profit and Review are $59 for six
provided the updated information in response to an Aerotech News and 501(c)(3) Flight months or $89 for one year. For
Review inquiry on May 11. Test Museum Foundation, Brown is responsible for management and more information, contact the
There are two separate summer programs scheduled at Blackbird Air- course design for the museum’s online Junior Test Pilot School, Flight subscription department at:
park. In-person sessions will be held from 9 a.m. until noon, Mondays Test Museum Curriculum and STEM Outreach. She is a Life Patron of (661) 945-5634
through Thursdays from June 17 through July 29. the Foundation.
Additional online only programs will resume with once weekly modular She holds a Master of Science in Education degree in Learning Design
Monday sessions to get children started in the Junior Test Pilot program. and Technology from Purdue University and is a doctoral candidate in Story ideas, letters, editorials
She said the program is intended for 3rd to 6th graders, but any students Please send all letters and editorials to
interested in aerospace, flight test, engineering, or airplanes are encouraged Career and Workforce Education & Distance Learning at the University Stuart A. Ibberson, editor,
to attend online learning modules and live events. Those sessions will be of South Florida. at editor@aerotechnews.com.
offered in three different groups meeting at 10 a.m., 11 a.m. and noon. On May 5, Art Thompson, chairman of the executive board of the Flight
Brown said a potential remaining roadblock to full educational activi- Test Museum Foundation, announced the foundation’s claim to receive an
ties at the Blackbird learning center’s portable classrooms is continuing estimated $1.2 million in remaining assets from the closed AERO Institute
Web Site
closure of the adjacent Joe Davies Airpark. She explained that curriculum in Palmdale. He stated that the foundation is immediately qualified and Access the Aerotech News web
for students using the Blackbird location relies on access to aircraft on positioned to meet and exceed roles previously tasked to AERO Institute. site at www.aerotechnews.com
exhibit in the directly connected city-operated park. With the sought-after court-ordered dispersal of funds, the foundation
Brown said the foundation is prepared to host three live summer ses- expects to quickly erect the walls and roof of the regional aerospace his- Submissions for upcoming events, air
sions in Palmdale, with live sessions offered on Mondays at 10 a.m., 11 tory museum, archival repository, library and conference center projected shows and museums
a.m. and Noon. to attract a regional economic impact from more than 100,000 visitors a should be emailed to
Information on advance registration will be announced. Watch the year with direct access. editor@aerotechnews.com.
MUSEUM, from 1 For questions concerning the web site,
contact the webmaster at
that, he said, this aerospace museum would webmaster@aerotechnews.com.
become far more than a collection of air and
space hardware, by offering “a cultural center
for aerospace with classrooms, lecture halls Where you can get
and event centers. Aerotech News and Review
Just outside the Main Gate to Edwards
For information on
AFB, the new museum complex, already near- Aerotech distribution, call
ing completion, would provide what Thomp- (661) 945-5634 or visit
son calls neutral ground for bringing together www.aerotechnews.com/distribution.
groups which might not otherwise be able to
meet face-to-face. He specifically mentioned
the opportunity for aerospace industry leaders
to meet with prospective employees from col- Aerotech News and Review is published
leges and universities. every other Friday, serving the
Thompson said it seems ironic that people aerospace and defense industry of
from all over the world travel to Kitty Hawk, Southern California, Nevada and
N.C., to visit the place where one airplane flew Arizona. News and ad copy deadline
for the first time yet can’t get in to visit the one is noon on the Tuesday prior to
place in America where the vast majority of publication. The publisher assumes no
responsibility for error in ads other
first flights took place. than space used. Your comments are
Edwards AFB and Air Force Plant 42 in
Palmdale are hallowed grounds for American Flight Test Museum video screenshot welcomed and encouraged. Write to
the address below.
aeronautics and astronautics. Pioneers, in- Art Thompson, chairman of the Flight Test Museum Foundation Board of Directors
ventors, and record breakers have continued
to make their way to the high desert and the
unique weather and topography of the Antelope In the new location, the Flight Test Museum museum building. • Publisher ....................Paul Kinison
Valley since almost the dawn of flight. seeks to not only preserve and protect the his- Also coming to the Flight Test Museum is • Business Manager ....... Lisa Kinison
• Editor .................... Stuart Ibberson
They came for the cloudless days, privacy tory of flight test but also be the conduit to the headquarters office of The Society of Ex- • National Advertising
from prying eyes and the miraculously hard connect it to a new generation. The develop- perimental Test Pilots (SETP). The organiza- Manager .....................Paul Kinison
and flat expanse of Rogers Dry Lake. Edwards ments at Edwards have always reached for the tion provided funds and materials to create the
AFB and the Antelope Valley were the hub of future and the museum seeks to do the same 2,500 square foot archival space, making the
the golden age of manned flight test popular- by inspiring the next generation with the new Flight Test Museum become one of the lead-
ized by Tom Wolfe’s “The Right Stuff.” STEM center. ing sources for in-depth flight test history. The Aerotech News and Review
The area saw America’s first jet flight, Currently, the foundation is reopening SETP commitment to the STEM mission and e-mail: editor@aerotechnews.com
breaking of the sound barrier, manned rocket its two portable classrooms at the Blackbird program will also be the conduit to connect Visit our web site at
plane flights to the edge of space, flight of the Airpark in Palmdale and awaiting privately with a new generation. Students of all ages will www.aerotechnews.com
wingless Lunar Lander Research Vehicle and raised funds to complete the STEM Center have unique access to mentors, instructors and
the era of the space shuttle. and classrooms in and adjacent to the new flight test archives provided by SETP.

Aerotech News and Review
2 www.aerotechnews.com ........ facebook.com/aerotechnewsandreview May 14, 2021