{"id":1019,"date":"2013-10-07T14:45:26","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T14:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amaclubs\/?p=1019"},"modified":"2013-10-07T20:03:26","modified_gmt":"2013-10-07T20:03:26","slug":"district-ii-vice-president-eric-willaims-shares-model-aviation-with-boy-scouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amaclubs\/2013\/10\/07\/district-ii-vice-president-eric-willaims-shares-model-aviation-with-boy-scouts\/","title":{"rendered":"District II Vice President Eric Williams shares model aviation with Boy Scouts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Original Story found in:\u00a0 The Daily Gazette<\/a><\/p>\n

Written by:\u00a0 By Bethany Bump<\/a><\/p>\n

This year\u2019s annual Twin Rivers Council fall Boy Scout camporee at Fulton County Airport in Johnstown titled \u201cThe Sky Is The Limit,\u201d was aviation-themed.<\/p>\n

A big part of the annual camporee is getting the kids interested in things they wouldn\u2019t normally have a chance to experience. In aviation, that interest is usually sparked by the world of model airplanes, said Eric Williams, District II Vice President of the Academy of Model Aeronautics.<\/p>\n

The image that most people have of model airplanes did not line up with the objects he pulled out of the back of a truck Saturday. These were actual planes, but about 40 percent smaller than a light aircraft.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only difference between our planes and those big ones is the size and there\u2019s not a human being inside them when they fly,\u201d said Williams. \u201cWe fly them via remote control, otherwise, they do the same things that those planes do.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a man behind him started putting the wings onto a bright yellow model airplane, boys began to hover nearby to watch. While many dub model aviation a hobby, Williams said it\u2019s a great educational tool for youth to begin learning the career path of a pilot.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the only hobby that can teach math, science, physics, engineering, history,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have aircraft that look like World War II aircraft or World War I. Kids can learn about the history of aviation, what it meant to the World Wars and conflicts. They learn about why airplanes fly, about the mathematics of laying out an airplane, all kinds of stuff like that. It\u2019s really the seed ground of America\u2019s military, civilian and commercial aviators.\u201d<\/p>\n

Full article:\u00a0 https:\/\/www.dailygazette.com\/news\/2013\/oct\/05\/1006_camp\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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