2008 Eileen Collins Aerospace Camp Schedule (Tentative)

Monday (July 21/28)

8:00-8:30 am - Parents drop off at NSM
8:45 am - Welcome and briefing
9:00 am - Leave for BOCES
9:15 am - Arrive at BOCES
Noon - Lunch break
1:30 pm - Leave for NSM
2:00 pm - Build model rockets
4:30 pm - Parent pickup at NSM

Tuesday (July 22/29)

8:30 am - Sailplane Rides (rotation with building wing ribs)
2:00 pm - Leave for Curtiss Museum
3:00 pm - Arrive at Curtiss Museum
4:30 pm - Leave Curtiss Museum
5:30 pm - Arrive Hodgman Park (Painted Post)
6:00 pm - Pizza picnic (supplied by NSM)
6:30 pm - Tethered Hot Air Balloon rides
8:30 pm - Leave for Hands On Glass (making suncatchers)
11:00 pm - Arrive at NSM for overnight

Wednesday (July 23/30)

8:00 am - Breakfast (supplied by NSM)
8:30 am - Leave for Elmira-Corning Regional Airport
8:45 am - Arrive at Elmira-Corning Regional Airport for tour
10:00 am - Leave for Schweizer Aircraft Company
11:30 am - Leave for NSM - lunch provided by NSM
1:00 pm - Powered plane ride and hang glider briefing
3:00 pm - Launch model rockets
4:30 pm - Parent pickup at NSM

Thursday (July 24/31)

8:30 am - Leave for Kopernik Space Education Center (Vestal)
10:00 am - Arrive at Kopernik (Vestal)
Noon - Lunch break
3:00 pm - Leave for NSM
4:30 pm - Parent pickup at NSM

Friday (July 25/August 1)

8:30 am - Leave for Spacecraft Imagery (Cornell University)
10:00 am - Arrive at Spacecraft Imagery (Cornell University)
Noon - Lunch break (supplied by camper)
1:00 pm - Leave for Finger Lakes Skydivers (Ovid)
1:30 pm - Arrive at Finger Lakes Skydivers (Ovid)
2:30 pm - Leave for NSM
4:00 pm - Arrive at NSM for indoor picnic and certificates

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