Staying Young

[Ron Van Putte]

Let me tell you what I did this week.  A grammar school teacher asked me 
if I would come to one of her classes on Tuesday and Friday to talk 
about how airplanes fly.  Now, I'm an aeronautical engineer, so talking 
about airplanes was no problem.  Tuesday it was 3rd graders and Friday 
is was 5th graders.

I was amazed at how intelligent and curious the students were!  I took a 
little battery powered freeflight airplane and a Miss 2, an electric 
powered R/C version of an old free flight.  After my discussion of how 
airplanes fly, we went out to the school's soccer field and I flew the 
Miss 2.

I totally enjoyed myself and hope I get asked back again.  I also hope I 
recruited some new R/C pilots.  

Ron Van Putte

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