Aviation Day Camp
Boy
Scout Aviation Merit Badge Program
Ellington
Field, Houston Texas
April
1, 2006
The Aviation Day Camp &
Merit Badge Program is a one-day aerospace day camp held at Houston's
Ellington Field. The next camp is on April 1, 2006 in conjunction with our
Wings of Freedom Tour.
The camp includes a visit to
the Collings Foundation (West) Warbird Museum and walk thru tours of our
restored WW II B-17 Flying Fortress and B-24 Liberator.
The camp is for Boy Scouts
and Home School Students.
EAA Chapter 12 will be
raffling free airplane rides to kids and teens from ages 8 to 18 during the
camp. Parents must attend and sign a permission form.
Due to limited seating, your
child or teen must be pre-registered. Down load the Aviation Day Camp
Registration Form here:
Please mail the registration
form and payment to the address on the form one week prior to the camp. Each
participant must have a registration form to reserve seating.
Parents and other family
members not participating in the camp are requested to donate $5.00 each to
tour the museum. Children under 6 under admitted without donations.
Food and drink are provided
for the camp participants. Food and drink will be available to parents and
other family members for a donation.
DONT FORGET TO BRING YOUR
CAMERA!!!
Please print an extra copy
for you as directions to the airport are included on the bottom of the form.
Completion
of the Aviation Day Camp qualifies
Boy
Scouts for the Boy Scout Aviation Merit Badge.
Please forward this info on
the Aviation Day Camp, Boy Scout Aviation Merit Badge program and free
airplane ride raffle to your Scout troops and parents.
Last year approximately 50
Boy Scouts qualified to receive their Aviation Merit Badge thru this program.
Over 100 kids and teens were given free airplane rides. Several flew with an
astronaut or other NASA scientist!
This program is co-sponsored
by the Collings Foundation (West) and EAA Chapter 12 based at Ellington Field
in Houston TX. There are still seats available for the next camp.
We hope to fly 250 kids and
teens this year!!!
For more information on
Aviation Day Camp lease go to:
Aviation Day Camps may be
scheduled for individual troops in and around Houston and outlying cities. If
you would like to set up a camp in your local area please email:
Thank You,
Don Daniels
281-630-0073
CF West
EAA Chapter 12
Aviation Day Camp