Teaching Your Kids by Using Air Shows by C. Jeff Dyrek

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How to use Air shows to Train Your Kids

By using aviation as an educational vehicle, you can train your kids to become top performers in all aspects of their life. Below is a list of ways to use air shows to have a great time and learn great things. Education is not a one time thing it is a lifestyle. Using this list, you can use aviation to change your entire life for the better. Why aviation? Regardless of the career that you or your kids are pursuing, if they know aviation they will be leaps and bounds above the other students. Aviation is a peak which applies to all technologies. With aviation you will meet important, positive people who don't believe in limits. This industry has a very low number of drug infected misfits and a very low number of low life attitudes. Joining the aviation crowd has many positive benefits. You can't go wrong with aviation.

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Some of the items on this list can be used before or after the air show. Please read all of the list and please, give me some more ideas. Thanks, C. Jeff Dyrek

Step 1: Before the air show

Show your kid brochures and ads of the air show.
Talk enthusiastically about the show
Watch movies about the airplanes that may be in the air show.
Talk about airplanes
Look at picture books about airplanes
Look at slide shows about airplanes
Look at histories of great people with airplanes
Use coloring books about airplanes
Look at a road map and find where the air show is going to be held
Look at an airplane map and find where the air show is going to be held

Step 2: At the air show

Wear an airplane hat
Wear an airplane shirt
Wear airplane emblems
Wear an airplane stick pin
buy a Styrofoam model and have air show pilots sign the model. Note: Give a Yellow Airplane pen to pilots
buy an airplane picture and have air show pilots sign the picture
Take a picture with yourself and your family with one of the pilots
Walk through static displays at air shows
Talk to Civil Air Patrol members at the air show
Talk to a military pilot
Take photo's of kids at air shows

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Step 3: After the air show

Visit the local airport --- Ask if you can see an airplane and maybe have a quick tour of the pilots area and hangar
Call your local EAA Chapter Find a Chapter here
Go to a Young Eagles Flight More about the Young Eagles
Walk around the terminal of a big airport --- when you see pilots sitting in the terminal area, talk to them, they enjoy telling about their airplanes
Build models of airplanes Airplane Models
Put up airplane posters Airplane Art and Posters
Listen to airplane talks by pilots
Talk about local airplane history
Look at airplane websites A list of other airplane websites
Watch airplane flying models
Build airplane flying models
Pilots, join a big brother program
Find and look at off airport nav-aids
Play flight simulator games
Play airplane board games
Build airplane jig-saw puzzles
Hang up an airplane clock
Sing airplane songs
Ride airplane amusement rides
Send letters and photo's to the pilots that you met at the air show
Send a letter to his commanding officer
Take airplane lessons
Talk about aviation weather
Put airplane stamps on your envelopes
Put airplane mailing labels on your envelopes
Wear an airplane jacket
Make paper airplanes
Trade airplane trading cards
Use Airplane Certificates
Join the Civil Air Patrol, a great kids program
Watch airplane documentaries
Wear an airplane watch
Wear airplane rings and jewelry
Join an airplane club
Look at airplane catalogs and the variety of products within
Take your old airplane magazines to Laundromats, doctors offices and anyplace with a waiting room to promote aviation with others