Indy Transponder: Museum of Flight: Fire Department Day, American Heroes Air Show, Wings of Freedom Tour, Father's Day and more!

Greetings!,

The weekend of June 19 - 21 is chock full of activities fun for the whole family! A new addition to the program line up has just been announced--Astronaut Clay Anderson, who spent five months aboard the International Space Station, will visit the Museum on Friday, June 19 at 2 p.m. in the William M. Allen Theater. Don't miss this great opportunity to hear about life on the ISS! Anderson will sign books and pictures after the presentation.

Also on Friday, June 19 from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., the Museum hosts the annual King County Fire and Life Safety Association Fire Department Day. Kids of all ages can view fire equipment and meet the men and women who serve them. In addition, the Collings Foundation's Wings of Heroes Bomber and Fighter tour lands at the Museum at 2 p.m. The tour provides Museum visitors the chance to experience the sights and sounds of the American heavy bombers that helped win WWII.

Saturday, June 20 is the annual American Heroes Air Show, a day full of heroes and helicopters. The American Heroes Air Show features static displays, special presentations and entertainment. The show is from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. in the parking lot, but come early to watch the helicopters fly in!

Celebrate Father's Day at the Museum! Sunday, June 21, the Museum and Bartell Drugs have planned a day full of fun activities. Activities include the Family LEGO® Experience, a Boeing Model 40B tip-to-tail tour and the incredible, edible, candy-dandy, wonderful wible plane and high flying Father's Day fun fest and much much more! Don't forget to pick up a coupon for Dad's free admission at your neighborhood Bartell Drugs. Regular admission fees apply to other family members.

Dream, Discover, Soar!

Sincerely,

The Museum of Flight

June 2009

JUNE 2009
Fire Department Kid's Day

Friday, June 19, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., East Parking Lot

The King County Fire and Life Safety Association is hosting the 12th Annual King County Fire Department Day at the Museum. On this day, kids of all ages can view fire equipment on display and meet the men and women who serve them. Kids of all ages will have the opportunity to climb aboard a fire engine, see how tall an aerial ladder extends, talk with firefighters and department personnel, and learn fire and life safety skills through fun activities. The Safety Zone will teach children safety skills, while providing adults with life-saving information. This exciting summer event is fun and educational!

Presentation by Astronaut Clayton Anderson
Friday, June 19, 2 p.m., William M. Allen Theater
NASA Astronaut Clayton C. Anderson, who spent five months aboard the International Space Station, visits the Museum on Friday, June 19 at 2 p.m. for a presentation in the William M. Allen Theater. Anderson will sign pictures and books after the presentation.

American Heroes Air Show

Saturday, June 20, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., East Parking Lot

Come to the Museum on June 20 for a day full of heroes and helicopters. Learn how helicopters play an important role in law enforcement, fire service, public safety, communications, national defense and homeland security. The American Heroes Air Show features static displays, special presentations and entertainment. See helicopters like the Blackhawk flown by the U.S. Border Patrol, as well as those flown by Airlift Northwest, KING 5 TV and many others. The helicopters will arrive between 7:30 and 9:30 a.m. Come early to see them land!

American Heroes Air Show Helicopter Crew Panel Discussion
Saturday, June 20, 2 p.m., William M. Allen Theater
Find out what it is like to fly and work in a helicopter from a panel of crew members from one or more of the visiting helicopters.

Bank of America Weekend Family Workshop: The Hubble Telescope: "Eye in the Sky"
Saturdays and Sundays, June 20, 27 and 28, 11:15 a.m. and 1:15 p.m.
The most powerful telescope ever built isn't on Earth, it's in outer space. Learn the history of the Hubble Space Telescope-then make a space collage of distant galaxies!

Father's Day at The Museum of Flight Presented by Bartell Drugs
Sunday, June 21, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Bartell Drugs once again makes the Museum the place to take Dad on his special day by sponsoring free admission for dads all day long! The Museum chips in with a full day of special family activities-after all, dad wants mom and the kids to have fun too! Coupons for dad's free admission will be available at Bartell Drugs in early June.

Tip-to-Tail Tour: Boeing Model 40B
Sunday, June 21, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Twenty four Model 40As were used to inaugurate the Boeing Air Transport air mail and passenger service between Chicago and San Francisco, July 1, 1927. In 1928, most of the 40As were upgraded to 40Bs. Learn about this historic aircraft during the tip-to-tail tour.

Bank of America Weekend Family Workshop: The Incredible Edible, Candy-Dandy, Wonderful Wible Plane and High Flying Fathers' Day Fun Flyer Fest!
Sunday, June 21, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
No, your eyes aren't playing tricks on you...it actually says EDIBLE! Visitors can make a version of the "sweetest" plane in our collection, the wible plane. While you may have a difficult time flying an edible airplane, Fathers' Day will still soar at the Museum with some old-fashioned paper airplane building fun! Visitors can make the Delta Wing Super Flyer, Amazing Flying Ring and other great flying gliders.

Lt. Col. Michael P. Anderson Statue Dedication

Friday, June 26, 10 a.m.

On June 26 the Museum will dedicate a statue honoring fallen Columbia space shuttle astronaut Lt. Col. Michael P. Anderson. The large, bronze statue will be situated in a newly lanscaped area on the northwest side of the Museum's main campus.

Anderson, a native of Spokane, Wash., graduated from Cheney High School in Cheney, Wash., in 1977. At the University of Washington, he participated in the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) and he earned his bachelor of science degree in physics/astronomy in 1981. After graduating from the University of Washington, Anderson was commissioned a second lieutenant and assigned to Randolph Air Force Base in Texas. He earned his master of science degree in physics from Creighton University in Omaha, NE, in 1990.

Anderson was selected by NASA in December 1994. He completed a year of training and evaluation and was qualified for flight crew assignment as a mission specialist. Anderson was flew on STS-89 Endeavour and STS-107 Columbia, logging over 593 hours in space.

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JUNE 2009