For more information please
contact Nicole Wahlberg, Director of Marketing and Public Relations, Evergreen
Aviation Museum, 503-434-4006 or email nicole.wahlberg@sprucegoose.org.
April 28, 2006
Evergreen Aviation
Museum Offers
Aviation Summer
Camp for Local Students
Summer camps at the Evergreen Aviation Museum explore
the history and science of flight.
McMinnville, Ore. –Since the beginning of time, man has dreamed of joining the birds in flight and has looked to the sky as a source of inspiration. This summer, at the Evergreen Aviation Museum and the Captain Michael King Smith Educational Institute, area students will have the opportunity to participate in multiple summer camps to rediscover this fascination with flight.
The Museum is hosting four summer day camps where students will have fun learning about the science and history of flight while building gliders, airplanes, rockets and flying radio controlled (RC) aircraft. All of this will take place among the museumÕs collection of over 80 historic aircraft and exhibits. The day camps are offered in June, July, and August and run from 8am-5pm. Each camp is specific to a particular age group. The June 20 camp is for 3rd-6th graders, June 27 is for 5th-8th graders, July 11 is for 9th-12th graders, and August 1 is for 5th-8th graders. The cost for the day camps is $95 for members and $100 for non-members and will include breakfast, lunch, snacks, and all necessary supplies.
The Evergreen Aviation Museum will also be hosting three overnight camps in conjunction with SeattleÕs Museum of Flight. Students will spend the first part of the day at the Evergreen Museum where they will build and fly RC aircraft and an Estes Firehawk rocket. Then, students will travel to the Seattle Museum of Flight for a night tour and camp out in the Red Barn, BoeingÕs first aircraft factory. The overnight camps are offered in August and run from 8am to 5pm the following day. August 9-10 is for 9th-12th graders, August 16-17 is for 5th-8th graders, and August 23-24 is for 5th-8th graders. The cost is $200 for members and $225 for non-members and includes all meals, snacks as well as rockets and modeling supplies.
To register for the camps, contact the Education Department at (503) 434‑4005 or email at erin.bosnjak@evergreenaviation.com. Registration deadlines are seven days before the beginning of each camp.
The
Evergreen Aviation Museum is best known as the home of the worldÕs largest
wooden airplane, the Spruce Goose,
SR-71 Blackbird and Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat. In
addition, there are more than 80 historic aircraft and exhibits on display,
along with artwork, traveling displays, the Spruce Goose Cafˇ and newly
remodeled Rotors, Wings, and Things store. The Evergreen Aviation MuseumÕs hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
daily except when it is closed for Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, New YearÕs Day
and Easter. The Museum is located at 500 NE Captain Michael King Smith Way,
across the highway from the McMinnville Airport and about three miles southeast
of McMinnville, Ore., on Highway 18. Call (503) 434-4180 for more information,
and visit www.sprucegoose.org.
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