Aviation Merit Badge

We don't often put up pics and info on the merit badges that we do, but this one was very cool and since the Scouts got to take a trip to finish it, we thought we'd post up some photos.

For the last several weeks the Scouts have been working on their Aviation merit badge. They sure have learned a lot, thanks entirely to Chad Lofton and Dave Hepworth, who have been instrumental in the boys achieving this goal.

After a couple of Scout nights spent in the classroom, we headed out to the airport to get some hands-on experience. The boys got to sit in the cockpits of helicopters and planes, head to the top of the flight control tower and see the operations center, and then they had the chance to climb inside of the Embry Riddle flight simulator and take a plane for a virtual flight!


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