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11-15-2006, 08:21 PM
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Lesebergs pit bitch
 
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Great American Teach In
The Great American Teach In
Article Written by: Tony "WoodIsGood" Russo I was first introduced to model aviation by a neighbor that lived a few houses down from me. He invited me to come check out his planes and started showing me what makes them fly and how they work. Although I have taken a couple years off from then and now I was pretty much hooked on model planes. Each year in November schools all over the country invite parents and guest speakers to come to the schools and share with the students there hobbies and talk about what they do for a living. For the past 4 years I have gone to my kids school to introduce model aviation to hundreds of kids. Taking some of the big planes in, letting the kids get a up close look at them and showing them how things work has been alot of fun. Today I had classes ranging from kindergarten to 8th grade and all of them seemed to enjoy the presentation and asked lots of questions. I had a couple of teachers and a PE coach ready to go out and buy some electric airplanes to start learning how to fly. To get involed for next year contact your local school and get signed up. Its alot of fun and a great way to expose model aviation to the youth. I need to thank Rob Joyner ( Sukhoi29 ) and John Nelon ( X-Rated ) for loaning me some planes and a helicopter to take to the schools this year. Also Max and Toro for the video footage that I used during my presentation. Last edited by madmax; 11-16-2006 at 07:39 PM. |
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11-16-2006, 07:57 PM
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Shane Quale
 
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Re: Great American Teach In
Now that is cool.
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11-16-2006, 08:17 PM
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Cool Runnins Mun
 
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Re: Great American Teach In
awsome dude .................
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11-16-2006, 09:57 PM
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How do u fly this thing??
 
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Re: Great American Teach In
i love the 3 kids holdin the prop lol
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11-16-2006, 10:50 PM
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Bad-ass Super Contributer!
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Location: Durango Colorado
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Re: Great American Teach In
You should come to my school because everyone still thinks of rc planes as foam things from the wally world.
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11-16-2006, 11:32 PM
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GiantStyle Yapoleno Hucker!
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Re: Great American Teach In
Good for you for getting in there and doing that Tony.
My wife is a former teacher (6yrs) and is currently a Children's librarian. If any of you are familiar with the Boxxer biplane by OMP, I designed that originally and built the proto with the understanding that I loan it to my wife for an aviation display in the children's section of the library. |
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11-16-2006, 11:32 PM
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JTEC RADIOWAVE
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Re: Great American Teach In
thats awesome Tony.
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11-17-2006, 06:50 AM
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It's official, thanks Verne...
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Re: Great American Teach In
Great stuff, Tony!!
To take the time from your busy schedule and help feed the minds of our young makes me proud to know you. This, my friends, is BAD ASS!!!! Last edited by Boulder; 11-17-2006 at 05:45 PM. Reason: spelling |
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11-17-2006, 09:02 AM
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THUNK..i meant to do that
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Re: Great American Teach In
I got to do the same thing with my smaller electrics a month and a half ago. It was a lot of fun! I flew a demo too. I loved it when I took off and did one roll to hear screams of WOWs behind me.
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11-17-2006, 04:46 PM
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Flyin' Around
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Re: Great American Teach In
good job Tony
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11-17-2006, 06:36 PM
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Father of the Scale Furum
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Re: Great American Teach In
My wife is into teaching, I am sending her this link... hope Mrs. GremlinX se's this. Very cool..
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11-17-2006, 08:43 PM
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Bad-ass Super Contributer!
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Re: Great American Teach In
Tony
Can I be a student in your class? Will you let me go to the bathroom if I raise my hand Or will I be punished?
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11-17-2006, 09:16 PM
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Re: Great American Teach In
Muy bien Tony. That's really a very nice thing to do.
By the way, Tienes mi cheque (Do you have my check??)  Regards from Puerto Rico, Hector P.S. Hope to see you soon here!!!!
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11-19-2006, 12:28 AM
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Bad-ass Super Contributer!
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Re: Great American Teach In
Awesome Job!!
It's people like you that keep this hobby alive!! Our club is just starting to get ready to go to the local schools by our field to get them interested in Flying and away from their Xbox's and Playstaytion 3'sLater, Frank
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11-19-2006, 07:23 PM
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Bow to the King!
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Re: Great American Teach In
Great job Tony. I'm going to see if I can do this at my son's school.
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