UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE

      AEROSPACE EDUCATION TEACHER WORKSHOP

CALENDAR OF EVENTS JULY 5-23, 2010

DATES

MORNING

AFTERNOON

July 5, 2010

Monday

0900-1200 Registration at UT Physics Building, room 507. Welcome and registration

 

Each teacher gets two hours of general aviation flight orientation provided by the Civil Air Patrol.  Two teachers per plane.

July 6 Tuesday

0900-1030 CAP orientation

Major General Richard Bowling, Retired National Commander CAP

Colonel Melton, TN State Commander

1100-1130 Egg-drop contest info

Orientation flights at

Knox Air Aviation-McGee Tyson

Provided by Civil Air Patrol; Coordination: Major Gary Lynn

Group and Committee Work

July 7 Wednesday

0900-1130 Fundamentals

 of Flight .  Genie Rae O’Kelly

Continue orientation flights

Group and Committee Work

July 8

Thursday UT Physics Building room 507

0900- 12:00  Women in Aviation Day

Genie Rae O’Kelly and Evelyn Johnson

Continue orientation flights

 

Group and Committee Work

July 9

Friday

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Saturday & Sunday Flights

0900 to 12:00 Hanger Talk, Discussion between WWII pilots of their flying experiences. 

Continue orientation flights

 

Saturday and Sunday

Flights to be scheduled, if needed

July 12

Monday

 

 

09000900-12:00 Field trip to McGhee Tyson Airport.  Tour and commercial aviation briefing.  Park in short time park

Continue orientation flights

 

Group and Committee Work

July 13 Tuesday

0900: Astronomy in your classroom

Model Rocket Construction—Paul Lewis—UT Astronomy

Continue Fight Orientations

 

Group and Committee Work

July 14

Wednesday

0930 Field trip travel day to Huntsville Alabama

Field trip to Alabama Space and Rocket Center, Huntsville

July 15 Thursday

9:00AM Visit Alabama Space and Rocket Center

Visit museum and Teacher Resource Center

July 16

Friday

08:30  NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Tour. 0830 Meet in Parking lot of AL Space and Rocket Center

Return to Knoxville

July 19

Monday

0900—11:30 Visit by State Aeronautics Dept.

Or fieldtrip to General Aviation Airport tba

 

Continue Flight Orientations

 

Group and Committee Work

July 20

Tuesday

10:00-12:00  Field-Trip to TN Aviation  Museum, Sevierville, TN

Continue Flight Orientations

Group and Committee Work

July 21

Wednesday

 

07:00 Arrive at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base for briefing and base tour. 8:30 Orientation Flight with 134th Air Refueling Wing McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base, Knoxville.  Expected flight of two hours.

 

Group and Individual Work

Makeup for Flight Cancellations

July 22

Thursday

 

0900  Colonel John Carnduff

“Suited for Flight”

Egg Drop and Model Airplane

1100-1200 Model Rocket Launch

Finish makeup flights

 

Group and Committee Work

July 23, Friday

 

0900-9:30 AE in your classroom Col Garner and  Dr. Duckett. Final briefing:  Duckett and Garner.

9:45-12 Group Presentations

 End of Workshop

Happy Flights

 

 

 

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE

AEROSPACE EDUCATION TEACHER WORKSHOP

2010 STAFF

 

            Name                         Position                                Telephone

Dr. Kermit Duckett                   Workshop Directors                 577-5218 

                                                UT Astronomy Professor

Dr. Susan Benner                    UT College of Education--       974-2542 Associate Director

Janie Young                            Workshop Secretary                974-6139 (Direct all UT questions)

                                                Workshop Classroom Physics Building room 507

 

Lt. Colonel Dave Garner          Workshop Co-Director:            966-9811-H, 661-9811 Cell

CAP                                         Deputy Chief of Staff, Southeast Region, Director of

                                                Aerospace Education CAP.  Aerospace Ed and Science Teacher

                                                e-mail: dgarner@usit.net

                                                CAP AE Internet URL: www.capae.info

                                                Note: UT AE Workshop schedule on website: www.capae.info

                                               

Captain Gary Lynn                   Workshop Assistant Director   CAP TN Wing Director of AE                                                Teacher Morgan Co Schools

                                                CAP Flight Coordinator

 

Genie Rae O’Kelly                   Aviation Instructor                                                                                                                   (404) 431-3550 Cell Phone

 

Colonel John Carnduff “retired”          USAF CAP Liaison Office,                     985-4580

134 Briscoe Dr, McGhee Tyson ANG Base, 37777

 

Paul Lewis                               Astronomy Instructor                974-7815 gplewis@utk.edu

                                                UT Astronomy Department, Physics Bldg.

 

Guest Speakers:

 

Major General Rick Bowling                    CAP National Commander, Civil Air Patrol

Col Jim Rushing                                       TN State CAP Commander, Civil Air Patrol

Ms. Evelyn Johnson                                World record holder flight hours            

General Bob Woods                                Director, TN Aeronautics Commission

                                                                TN Aeronautics Commission, State Transportation Department

                                                                 

 

Field Trip Hotel Information: Hotel in Huntsville your choice

Recommended Hotel: LaQuina, Huntsville Space Center, 3141 University Dr. N.W., Huntsville, AL 35816-3137,

256-533-0756; www.lq.com/lq/reservations

 

 

Last Revised January, 2010