Featured Camp: Summer Camp at the Military Aviation Museum

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Summer Campers at the Military Aviation Museum dive deep into the world of aviation! From the Wright Brothers to the aces of World War II, campers will be able to engage with history and science in new and exciting ways.

These brand-new camps will challenge campers to become aviators, engineers, and even spies. Campers will complete STEM challenges, participate in a variety of hands-on activities, and explore history in new age-appropriate ways!

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Week 1: June 20 – 24, 2022

Grades 4-6: Warbird Aviation Camp: Explorer Aviation Adventure

Does your camper dream of being a pilot, an aircraft designer, or possibly work for the airline industry? If so, join us in our Aviation Adventure Camp where participants explore the world of aviation from the Wright brothers to aircraft carrier missions. Campers will learn the science behind flight, and the history of various aircraft designs while producing solutions to challenges such as rocket stability in flight and the structural integrity of different wing designs.  Campers will also try to hone their fighter pilot skills in the cockpit through use of the Museum’s flight simulators.

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 Week 2: June 27 – July 1, 2022

Grade 7 – Grade 11: Warbird Aviation Camp: Senior Aviation Adventure

Does your camper dream of being a pilot, an aircraft designer, or possibly work for the airline industry? If so, join us in our Aviation Adventure Camp where participants explore the world of aviation from the Wright brothers to aircraft carrier missions. Campers will learn the science behind flight, and the history of various aircraft designs while producing solutions to challenges such as rocket stability in flight and the structural integrity of different wing designs.  Campers will also try to hone their fighter pilot skills in the cockpit through use of the Museum’s flight simulators.

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Week 3: July 7- 8, 2022

Grade 1 – Grade 3: Warbird Aviation Camp: Junior Explorer

Junior Explorer Camp is designed to inspire our youngest campers to be aerospace engineers, pilots, paleontologists, and creators!  This two-day camp is STEM-based to promote creative thinking and problem-solving.  Each day begins with a story that sets the theme for the day.  Campers will complete experiments and engineering challenges, sit in a cockpit, and explore the flight of dinosaurs. We invite campers in grades 1-3 to join us from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm for a fun and engaging camp.

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Week 4: July 11 – 15, 2022

Grade 4 – Grade 6: Warbird Aviation Camp: Explorers Code Breakers

Calling all spies! Is your summer camper intrigued by the world of espionage?  Campers will step into the world of World War I and World War II espionage, secret codes, disguises, intelligence gathering and escape and evasion techniques. Your amateur investigators will encipher, transmit, and decipher secret messages using technology such as Morse Code and an original German Enigma machine. On the last day campers will have to use all the skills they learned during camp to capture a spy!

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Week 5: July 18 – 22, 2022

Grade 7 – Grade 10: Warbird Aviation Camp: Senior Code Breakers

Calling all spies! Is your summer camper intrigued by the world of espionage?  Campers will step into the world of World War I and World War II espionage, secret codes, disguises, intelligence gathering and escape and evasion techniques. Your amateur investigators will encipher, transmit, and decipher secret messages using technology such as Morse Code and an original German Enigma machine. On the last day campers will have to use all the skills they learned during camp to capture a spy!

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Week 6: July 25-29, 2022

Grade 4 – Grade 6: Warbird Aviation Camp: Explorer Tanks & Tracks

This hands-on adventure camp provides its participants with a unique and exciting way to learn about tanks, armored vehicles, and artillery!  Campers will explore the Museum’s collection of ground vehicles and go behind the scenes to learn what it takes to keep them running.

Campers will see firsthand the differences between track and wheeled vehicles, design their own camouflage, and learn about the different types of artillery pieces used by the Allies and Axis Power during WWI and WWII.

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Week 7: August 1-5, 2022

Grade 7 – Grade 10: Warbird Aviation Camp: Senior Tanks & Tracks

This hands-on adventure camp provides its participants with a unique and exciting way to learn about tanks, armored vehicles, and artillery!  Campers will explore the Museum’s collection of ground vehicles and go behind the scenes to learn what it takes to keep them running.

Campers will see firsthand the differences between track and wheeled vehicles, design their own camouflage, and learn about the different types of artillery pieces used by the Allies and Axis Power during WWI and WWII.

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Week 8: August 8-12, 2022

Grade 7 – Grade 11: Warbird Aviation Camp: Navy Fighter Pilot

Are you curious what it was like to be an aircraft carrier pilot during World War II? Campers will explore the history and everyday life of pilots stationed aboard carriers while battling in the Pacific.  This STEM based camp will investigate the differences between Navy carrier based planes as the Wildcat, Avenger, Corsair, and even Doolittle’s B-25 daring adventures. Campers will learn how to perfect the art of landing on a carrier deck and how to use signal flags and Morse Code.

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Week 9: August 15-19, 2022

Grade 6 – Grade 11: Warbird Aviation Camp: Aviation Art & Photography

Does your camper enjoy aviation photography and doodling their favorite aircraft?  Yes, then join us for this engaging and informative camp that demonstrates various photography techniques and explores assorted art media. Budding artists and photographers learn to use proper camera settings to capture their favorite aircraft in flight and how to use art techniques such as brushwork, contours, and tones to define artwork.  At the end of the week, campers display their final projects during a special gallery opening.

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