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From Paul Manning's site (coordinator/director of this even in New England)

The rocketry part of the day (this is a one day event) will be hosted by CMASS. The IGNITE class that I am working with will be launching their FlisKits Rhino model rocket kits there at the Air & Space Day.

FlisKits will also have a booth

Date is 21-June, 2003, one day only, Tewksbury MA

AIR&SPACEDAY 2003

AIR&SPACEDAY 2003 is a free, fun, family, educational event, scheduled for June 21, 2003
from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm and is located at Livingston Recreational Field, Livingston St., Tewksbury, Ma.,
created to show children that science, math, and history can be fun!

Invited Guests
Astronaut - An Apollo, or Shuttle astronaut will be in attendance
John Dobson - Inventor of the Dobsonian telescope ( noted astronomer )
Lt. Col. Mike Stockwell - Dual qualified jet and helicopter pilot
Tuskegee Airman - Cliff Reed - 1st black fighter pilots 332nd Airborne WWII
Ninetynines - Arlene Marland - women ferried planes to Europe during WWII
Al Kapreilian or Mish Michaels- meteorologist
Amelia Earhart - Impersonator - Jessa Piaia
Mitt Romney - Governor of Massachusetts
Senator Susan Tucker
Representative James Miceli
Cynthia Hyland - Raytheon Technical Service Company

Planned Events/Displays
Blimp - HOOD
Blimp - Kermit Kraft 1
Air Force Experience - Jet Simulator (replaced with new display), Hanscom A.F.B.
Air Force Recruiters with Jet engine (cross section)
Mobile Aeronautics Education Laboratory MAEL - NASA Glenn Research Center, Ohio
( MAEL will be in Tewksbury for 5 days for all students )
Raytheon Patriot Missile Battery ( if available )
Lockheed Martin - F-22 attack jet flight simulator
Don Rethke aka "Dr. Flush" - inventor of the spaceshuttle toilets
Vin Fizz ( 2nd generation Wright Flyer )
Cessna 152 " Berlin Candy Drop" - John Ford
Skydivers - All female skydiving team, performing jumps from helicopter
Hot air balloon - Ray Fornier
Hot air balloon (2) - John Outzen
( 6:00am balloon launch competition under consideration )
Hot air balloon - Andre Boucher
Hot air balloon - Tony Sica
Hot air balloon - Eric Nickerson
Hot air balloon - Honi Glover
Hot air balloon, balloon with beach balls, Blimp, U.F.O.?? - Chris Sommers
Powered Paraglider Smoke Show - Bill Walsh
Powered Paragliders - Bob and Paul Manning
Hang Gliders (4) - Morningside N.H.
State Police Helicopter
Coast guard Helicopter with recruiters ( if available )
National guard Helicopter with recruiters ( if available )
TV channels 4 and 7 Helicopters
Helicopter Rides - Concord Copters
CMASS Rocket Launching Model Rocket Clinic - 300 kits
495th RC squadron - model flying club
CRRC - model airplane club
Control-line model airplane club
2 StarLab planetariums - Tewksbury School, Learning Technologies
Telescopes - Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston (ATMOB),
North Shore Astronomy Club
( stargazing party now planned for 8:00pm to 10:00pm )
Junior Eagles - Nashua chapter with airplane and Western Mass. Chapter
Civil Air Patrol - Massachusetts Wing
F.A.A. display - Portable Control Tower
Boston Museum of Science display
Universe Productions - A DVD tour thru the solar system
General Dynamics Display - cross section of a jet engine
Hamilton Sundstrand Display - Apollo Space Suit
Paper Airplane Making - Dean Mackey
Robotics demo - Lawrence and Lowell high schools
M.D.C. Sound System and portable stage
Gyro Ring Ride
Concessions, gravity chair, bounce house, rocket car - Liberty Rental
More being added weekly!!!!!!!!

College Row
Worcester Polytechnic Institute W.P.I. - Sailplanes (gliders)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology M.I.T.
Daniel Webster College
- Aeronautical professors and engineering Students
(answering science questions and judging science projects)
Harvard University
Boston University
Northeastern University
Wentworth Institute
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute R.P.I.
Bunkerhill Community College

ROTC representatives from all colleges will be in attendance to aid and help

Authors Row
Authors of Space and Aviation books
including 1000 "make your own Hovercraft" books being given to children (donated by Lockheed)

All donations and concession proceeds will be used to purchase an observatory
for the Town of Tewksbury, consisting of a concrete pad, a 12' diameter fiberglass dome
and a 14" diameter Schmidt-Cassegrain Meade telescope

Paul Manning AIR&SPACEDAY 2003 coordinator
Days 781.238.2753
Evenings 978.657.7339
Email [email protected]
website spacemanning.net
 

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