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Wade Akle wrote:<br>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">I have been following Ron's thread about
going to schools for demos. Here is our story (SLO Flyers). It is extremey
successful and may give you some ideas on how to reach out.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">For the last 4 years our club put in a
2 one-week classes, we call the Flight Summer Academy, at Cal Poly Institute
at San Luis Obispo for 8-14 year olds. We average 15 youngsters per class.
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">This activity costs about $250/each. The
kids pay $100. The rest is sponsored by SLO Flyers, Cal Poly, Industry grants
(Northrop and Boeing) and also AMA grants. </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">The kids are very motivated and learn
building skills, basic aero/structural concepts, mass/stability of models
to optimize flight times, fly control line every morning, and projects they
take home, culminating with Saturday at our field flying RC, and a day at SBP
airport getting a flight over their own town given by the Experimental Pilots
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Several have become proficient pilots,
though intermitently. Some others we see afterwards from time to time, but
they are so busy with school, sports and growing up that they hardly have
time to continue in the hobby. Maybe later.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">We intend to continue this activity until/if
the kids stop showing up.</font></div>
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Wow! What a great program. This is something that should be covered in
Model Aviation so that other groups/clubs would be encouraged to do the same
kind of thing around the country.<br>
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Ron Van Putte<br>
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