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AWAM Tours (DISCONTINUED at THIS TIME)
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EDUCATION – OPENING THE MIND TO NEW POSSIBILITIES!
The main focus of any museum should be education, and helping the public – especially our youth -- learn about and experience new things, perhaps even in a new way. This has is a significant part of the AMERICAN WINGS AIR MUSEUM (AWAM) over the years.
From tours for scout
and other school age groups to groups of seniors, and from providing a
secure meeting place for youth groups to allowing young and old alike to
volunteer at the museum to learn about various museum functions, AWAM is
dedicated to providing opportunities for everyone to learn new
information and skills and use what they already have to benefit others.
Scout groups of all
ages are regular visitors to AWAM, each receiving an individualized tour
and (in most cases) class-room instruction including aviation related
vocational information. Merit badge programs are also available from
qualified museum volunteers.
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The hour-long
tours of the AWAM aircraft and memorabilia displays helps everyone,
regardless of their age, learn not only the history of the display
aircraft but how airplanes fly, navigate and what it was like to fly
them. Our collection of unique aircraft spans the development of
aviation -- from the museum’s Wright Flyer replica to current day jet
aircraft.
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broad spectrum of the AWAM displaysprovide superb learning potential. |
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With a variety of
engine types – from an operating 1917 rotary engine to modern turbo jets
– our docents help people understand engine development and the
advantages and disadvantages of each. Memorabilia and displays from
World War I to the Gulf War, and especially the two aircraft cockpits
available for everyone to sit in, stimulate the imagination... and
questions about the science of flight. |
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And because AWAM is a working museum, with various
aircraft on display being actively restored or inspected, with panels
open to view the insides – wires, tubes and everything else – our
visitors experience many things which are simply not available at other
museums. “Touch and feel” is a key part of our visitor’s time on the
floor – although there are some display aircraft which are too old and
fragile to have such personal contact. |
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This approach also
gives visitors the singular opportunity to talk with the mechanics,
metal workers and other volunteers actually performing the work, and to
learn about the training and talents they have in order to do this type
of work.
AWAM volunteers
represent a broad variety of vocations and disciplines, from male and
female professional pilots and aviation mechanics, to history majors and
retired computer programmers – each with an undying love of aviation and
a willingness to share that love with our visitors. What better way is
there to learn!
To schedule a tour
for your group, whether young (over 5 years old is recommended) or old,
contact us at 763-786-4146 or by E-mail:
lburgers@pro-ns.net. Special group rates are available with prior
reservations.
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