Monday, June 29, 2015

Friday, June 26, 2015

Eagle Aviation Camps

Take off with us at 2015 Eagle Aviation Camp! A limited group of students will have the unique opportunity to experience the world of aviation through our Eagle Aviation Camps. Meet aviation professionals, tour facilities, perform experiments and activities and learn what it takes to be an aviator!

Please complete the Registration, Student Profile, Medical Consent, General Release Forms available on our website. You may also print out completed registration packets and mail or bring with payment to the C.R. Smith Museum.
Click here for the registration forms.
Additional release forms, provided to you, might be necessary.

Eagle Aviation Camp is a great opportunity for your child to experience a one-of-a-kind adventure into the world of aviation. Below is some general information about the week:

Parents are responsible for transportation of campers each day to and from the Museum
Transportation for field trips will be provided by a qualified transportation company
Campers must provide own lunches
Museum will provide drinks and snacks everyday
Each student will receive an Eagle Aviation t-shirt and goodie bag

If you have any questions please call 817-967-5925 or email, Lauren.Giffin@aa.com

Camps are full day week long, Monday through Friday. Campers must be entering listed grades above in the Fall 2015

For scholarship information click here.

Eagle Aviation Camps 2015

Eagle Aviation Camp Beginner
Grades: 5th-6th
Member Price: $200
Non-member Price: $250
Dates & Times: June 15th-19th/9am-4pm
WILD Flight Science Camp
Grades: 3rd-5th
Member Price: $200
Non-member Price: $250
Dates & Times: June 22nd-26th/9am-4pm
Flight Adventure Camp
Grades: 3rd-5th
Member Price: $200
Non-member Price: $250
Dates & Times: July 6th-10th/ 9am-4pm
Eagle Aviation Camp Advanced
Grades: 7th-8th
Member Price: $225
Non-member Price: $275
Dates & Times: July 13th-17th/ 8:30am-4pm

We are in need of both adult and teen (14+) volunteers. If interested click here.
Check out photos from past Eagle Aviation Camps here!

Let's say the pledge.

Monday, June 22, 2015

Thanks Dino for sending the wonderful pictures for the CR ASmith Museum BLOG. Keep up the good work. We all enjoy.

Sunday, June 21, 2015

Years ago see sit OUTSIDE the CR Smith Museum.

Saturday, June 20, 2015

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

The Convair 240 is the replacement for the Douglas DC-3.

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Convair CV-240 family

Airliner
The Convair CV-240 is an American airliner produced by Convair from 1947 to 1954, initially as a possible replacement of the ubiquitous Douglas DC-3. Wikipedia
Length: 75' (23 m)
First flight: March 16, 1947
Manufacturer: Convair

Monday, June 15, 2015

After retiring from American Airlines.

After retiring I flew as Flight Engineer for 20 more years. I flew for 3 years for the owner of this beautiful Boeing 707. Then it was sold to John Travolta of which I stay on board for 2 years.
Then I retired ...!!!! Maybe !!!

The Famous DC-4 American flew for years.

The Douglas DC-4 is a four-engine propeller-driven airliner developed by the Douglas Aircraft Company. It served during World War II, in the Berlin Airlift and into the 1960s in a military role. From 1945, many civil airlines operated it worldwide. Wikipedia
Top speed: 280 mph (451 km/h)
Range: 4,200 miles (6,759 km)
Wingspan: 117' (36 m)
Length: 94' (29 m)
First flight: 1938
Manufacturer: Douglas Aircraft Company

Sunday, June 14, 2015

Engine on a Convair 240

Seating arrangement a Convair 240.

Friday, June 12, 2015

THE FAMOUS B-47.

Herb had the opportunity on Monday of this week to visit the Strategic Air & 
Space Museum in Ashland, NE.  
 
The Museum is located a few miles South of Omaha. 
 
 
 
I had been conversing, by way of the internet, with Dr. McGinnis, head of 
the museum.  I asked if it was possible to get in the cockpit of the B-47 on 
display.  I mentioned that it had been 50 years since I climbed the ladder 
to get in the plane.  They were very nice and provided a workman (Chuck) to 
accompany me.  As I started up the ladder, 
 
I mentioned that the crawl space that led to the bomb bay area looked 
smaller than I had remembered.  Chuck's comment was, "Just how much did you 
weigh when you put on your flight suit back then?"  "Oh, about 160" was my 
reply!  He didn't have to say another word - pushing 195 lbs, I had answered 
my question.

Thursday, June 11, 2015

Boeing 787, Dreamliner.

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is a long-range, mid-size wide-body, twin-engine jet airliner developed by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Its variants seat 242 to 335 passengers in typical 3-class seating configurations. It is Boeing's most fuel-efficient airliner and is a pioneering airliner with the use of composite materials as the primary material in the construction of its airframe. The 787 was designed to be 20% more fuel efficient than the 767 it is replacing. The 787 Dreamliner's distinguishing features include mostly electrical flight systems, a four-panel windshield, and noise-reducing chevrons on its engine nacelles. It shares a common type rating with the larger Boeing 777 to allow qualified pilots to operate both models.

Most Boeing 707 Has turbofans now.

When the first 707's came to American they were strait Turbo Jets.. Later American INSTALLED FANS.....,. More power and QUIETER.

The Lockheed L-188 has Turbo Prop Engines.

The Lockheed L-188 Electra is an American turboprop airliner built by Lockheed. First flown in 1957, it was the first large turboprop airliner built in the United States. Initial sales were good, but after two fatal crashes that led to expensive modifications to fix a design defect, no more were ordered. However, with its unique high power-to-weight ratio, huge propellers and very short wings (resulting in the majority of the wingspan being enveloped in propwash), large Fowler flaps which significantly increased effective wing area when extended, and four-engined design, the airplane had airfield performance capabilities unmatched by many jet transport aircraft even today—particularly on short runways and high field elevations. Turboprops were soon replaced by turbojets and many Electras were modified as freighters. Some Electras are still being used in various roles into the 21st century.^[1]^[2] The airframe was also used as the basis for the Lockheed P-3 Orion maritime patrol aircraft.

Douglass DC-6 has piston engines. SEE diagram.

Piston engines, also known as reciprocating engines, are descendents of steam engines which first appeared in the early 17th century. In simple terms, steam engines use heat to produce steam pressure, which in turn is used to generate rotating motion.
Steam engines were eventually used to drive everything from mechanical equipment to the first railway trains. In today’s aircraft piston engines, gas propulsion replaces steam in creating pressure within the engine.