Corsicana —
Even though they were dealing with foam models and small-scale machines, there just might have been a future aviator among them.
The second annual Aviation Summer Camp took flight the latter half of last week, and some 16 kids ages 9 to 12 took part. Sponsored by the Corsicana Parks and Recreation department, it went Wednesday through Friday at the Cook Center, and took to the outdoors on Saturday for a flying day at Lake Halbert.
Retired Corsicana Independent School District science teacher Robert Isbell led the camp, with assistance from various members of CorMac, Corsicana Miniature Aircraft Club.
“The kids have been really good,” Fred Mertz with CorMac said.
They put the kids through a variety of activities, including history lessons on aircraft beginning with the Wright brothers initial flight. There were even quizzes.
“The kids pretty well have this down,” Mertz said.
The camp started out with the basics, learning the parts of an airplane and the ins and outs of lift. They watched videos, learned about different types of planes and built models out of foam.
“It took about three days,” 9-tear-old Treyvon Mathis of Hillsboro said when asked how long it took him to build his electronic-propelled foam plane.
Isbell said you’d be surprised what you can do with $8 of foam board.
“They’re having a ball,” Isbell said at the Friday morning session.
As he was discussing the model building, Ricky Allinen was giving the campers flight demonstrations ... with miniature helicopters. He had the lights in the planetarium dimmed, and proceeded to fly his helicopter decked out with lights, which he landed in the palm of his hand, just a few feet over and in front of the campers.
Charles Huse and Harold O’Daniel also helped, and all of the directors gloated about the growth of the camp.
“Last year, we had eight or 10,” Allinen said. “This year, we’re up to 16, and the city’s support is important to the program.”
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Daily Sun photo/Raymond Linex II Mason Minze, 11, of Corsicana, left, and Treyvon Mathis, 9, of Hillsboro show off their electric engine planes at Aviation Summer Camp Friday at the Cook Center's planetarium. The four day camp concluded Saturday with flying at Lake Halbert.
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