It’s that time of year again folks, the Annual Museum of Aviation Foundation Marathon, Half Marathon and 5K Run/Walk is this Saturday! This is the 16thannual event, and promises to be a great one. I ran my first organized half marathon back in November and it was a blast. This race should be a great… [Read more…]
January 4, 2012
Eight years ago STARBASE ROBINS ventured into hosting a robotics tournament. We knew very little about robotics at the time and nothing about hosting a tournament. After attending a FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics competition and becoming involved in the FIRST organization, I recognized that the goals of FIRST were… [Read more…]
December 27, 2011
Last Friday evening, 16 December, was the ribbon cutting for the museum’s exhibit Tuskegee Airmen: A Proud Heritage. There were about 250 people at the event, including three original Tuskegee Airmen: Edward Johnson, Ray Williams, and LeRoy Eley. It was great seeing active-duty Airmen from Robins Air Force Base with those original Tuskegee Airmen. One… [Read more…]
November 17, 2011
I’ve had the pleasure of being the Guided Tour Coordinator for the Museum of Aviation Education Department for nine years now! I would have to say that my favorite part of the guided tours is taking groups into the C-130A Hercules fuselage, located on the second floor of the Eagle Building. It never fails, whether… [Read more…]
October 13, 2011
Recently, we moved the Tuskegee Airmen exhibit from Hangar One to the Scott Exhibit Hangar. The exhibit is open to the public now, though we haven’t had a formal opening yet. We have some work left to do but it’s getting close. Come and see it! While we were installing the exhibit, I reflected on… [Read more…]
September 28, 2011
I like helicopters. There is something fascinating to me about how they operate and what they can do. I’m not a pilot, mechanic, or engineer, so while I understand some of the basic principles, it’s still kind of magical to me. A little scary, too, when I think about everything hanging from a whirling disk… [Read more…]
September 13, 2011
What in the World is a STEM Lab? You might be wondering if we are testing plants in a new biology lab of some sort….. That would be cool, but no, that is not the type of STEM Lab we are planning. STEM is an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. In September, 2010,… [Read more…]
August 31, 2011
We’re about to add a big, strange-looking aircraft to the museum’s collection. On Friday September 2nd, an RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft is scheduled to arrive at Robins Air Force Base on board a C-5 Galaxy cargo airplane. After museum restoration personnel put the Global Hawk back together, it will be displayed elevated in the Century… [Read more…]
August 23, 2011
I love history. Love it. And I have been to numerous museums, both here and in Boston. Many of my museum trips, however, were just that—trips. The experience was great, but by the time I left I felt a mental overload from trying to process an entire museum’s exhibits in just a couple of hours.… [Read more…]
August 12, 2011
Everything seems to be going digital and mobile these days. The Museum of Aviation will soon be joining this mobile digital revolution with a free app for the iPhone. VenuLex, a techonology company based in Alpharetta, Georgia, is developing the app for the Museum. The app is the Museum’s first, and will feature information that supplements… [Read more…]
January 11, 2012
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