Bong Eagles Impact Schools

U Bong Eagles Model Airplane Club Wisconsin very active fall/winter season 1998 presented 18 aviation programs elementary high school students theme Introduction Aviation Through Use Model Aircraft After number years experience club insists giving presentations school gymnasiumsto accommodate larger student body sitting providing suitable environment demonstration Indoor model flight start showing some Outdoor Free Flight models explaining work students teachers amazed fly aircraft wires radio control fly Pennyplanes No-Cal Scale AMA Cubs audience explaining what makes type special kids love see midair collisions club always make hard sell AMA Cub explaining model can build fly have never done before goal invited back conduct building classes programs have received enthusiastically faculties students resulting several invitations conduct building classes classes usually occupy long session day two shorter sessions few days apart unusual situation class conducted during one-month period principal Somers Elementary School located west Kenosha Wisconsin invited club meet 19 fifth- sixthgrade boys girls 30 minutes lunch break two days week four weeks Thorough preclass preparation necessary six Bong Eagle instructorsBob Black Jack Boone John Fellin Ron Goodspeed Ralph Jensen myselfto make efficient use 30minute periods students built AMA Cubs starters young people attentive eager learn class often observed girls built models correctly flew better boys models idea girls mature same age root cause difference because giris followed instructions carefully whereas boys propensity know often did follow instructions though advised repeatedly However instructors made sure models adjusted correctly obtain semblance good flight boy tried something different typical Indoor circling flight pattern adding tabs trimmed AMA Cub speed flights terminated against theater curtain finale AMA Cub portion project much-enjoyed mass-launch contest Nine students time go tackle Double Whammy design Created Charles Markos Chicago Aeronuts model gives students first hands-on experience building lighter structure covered Japanese tissue students applied learned skills adequately produced models performed quite well durations approximately four times longer Cubs young builders pleased slow graceful flights larger models Somers Elementary students given schedules Bong Eagles Indoor events Racine WI Memorial Hall Outdoor contests Bong Recreation Area Bong Eagles ready assist young friends want continue building flying models Italiano 1655 Revere Dr Brookfield WI 53045 RE Black 1914 Empire Dr Waukesha WI 53186 November1999 67