What a packed program this year.. and the only weather reshuffle required was moving the morning ballooning session from Wednesday to Friday (which then dawned perfectly). Here’s a pictorial summary of last weeks ACE Camp. Just a great week, great events, great campers, great volunteers and supporting organizations.
Camp Schedule
Day 1
Welcome & Safety Briefing 
Welcome & Safety Briefing 
Aviation Careers Introduction 
Beta Technologies – Electric Flight 
Beta Technologies
Beta Technolgies – Electric Flight
Young Eagles Flights 
Young Eagles Flights 
Young Eagles Flights 
Young Eagles Flights 
Young Eagles Flights 
Young Eagles Flights 
Simulator #1 
Simulator #1 
Simulator #1 
Simulator #2 (VR sim) 
Glider Lessons 
Glider Lessons 
Glider Tug 
Young Eagles – Beta stearman 
Young Eagles – Beta stearman 
Young Eagles – Beta stearman 
Young Eagles – Beta stearman 
Young Eagles – Beta stearman
Day 2
Granite Air 
Granite Air 
Granite Air 
WACO 
Stearman Annual Inspection 
White Mountain Corp. Flight Dept 
Phenom Prefilght 
Phenom Preflight 
White Mountain Corp. Aviation Hangar 
TSA 
TSA 
TSA 
LEB Airport Operations 
Cape Air 
DHART 
DHART 
DHART 
DHART 
DHART 
DHART
Day3
Aerodynamics 101 
Paper Airplane aerodynamics 
Paper Airplane aerodynamics 
VT Tech – Accredited Aviation Programs 
Springfield Aviation Shop Tour 
Springfield Aviation 
Rocket Science 101 
Rib Building Workshop 
Rib Building Workshop 
Rib Building Workshop 
Rivetting Workshop 
Rivetting Workshop 
Rivetting Workshop 
Rocket Building Workshop 
Rocket Building Workshop 
Rocket Building Workshop 
Simulator #1
Day 4
Morning Rib building 
Morning Rib Building 
Morning Rocket Completion 
A Rivetting Morning 
P51 Aerostructures Overview 
P51 History / Military Aviation 
P51 Briefing 
Miracle Gro Flight Dept. Briefing 
12MG 
Group and 12MG 
1MG 
CT River from Citation 
12MG 
12MG 
Boarding 12MG 
12MG 
12MG 
12MG 
Gliders from the air 
Helicopter Flights 
Helicopter Flights 
Helicopter Flights 
Helicopter Flights 
Helicopter Flights 
Helicopter Flights 
520MG 
520MG 
Ground looking Skyward 
Ramp & Runway 
Old Crow overhead 
Young P51 Pilot 
Camper P51 Flight loading 
Young P51 Pilot 
Old Crow 
Old Crow 
P51 Flights 
P51 Flights 
P51 Flights 
P51 Flights 
Old Crow ready to fly 
Young P51 Pilot
Day 5
Morning Ballooning 
Morning Ballooning 
Morning Ballooning 
Aerodynamics and Raptors 
Aerodynamics and Raptors 
Aifoil Designs – Wing Shapes from Wings! 
Aerodynamics and Raptors 
Kestrel 
Aerodynamics and Raptors 
Raptors and Aerodynamics 
Rocket Launching 
Rocket Launching 
Launch Control 
Rocket Launching 
Rocket Launching 
Rocket Returning to Earth 
Rocket Recovery 
Model Aviation 
Model Aviation 
NASA Careers talk 
FAA Careers Talk 
Graduation 
Graduation 
Graduation 
Graduation 
Graduation 
Graduation 
Graduation 
Group Picture with the Supercub 
Group Picture with the Supercub 
Couple more Young Eagles Flights
Thank you! (in no particular order)
- New England Soaring Association – Instructors, tow-pilots and members.
- Scotts Miracle-Gro Flight Dept.
- T.S.A.
- Lebanon Airport Management & Operations
- Cape Air
- Granite Air
- Sharkeys Helicopters
- Lebanon Control Tower
- DHART
- Springfield Aviation
- White Mountain Holdings Corporate Aviation Dept.
- Southern Vermont Natural History Museum
- Beta Technolgies
- Vermont Tech.
- Federal Aviation Administration – STEM
- EAA Chapter 968
- Avis – Lebanon Airport
- Hypertherm, Inc.
- Timken Aerospace;
- Jorge Trivino (Simulators)
- Stumpf Balloons
- Vermont Aviators Association
- Vermont Aviation Advisory Council, Inc.
- Springfield Airport Commission
- All our volunteer pilots, presenters, workshop leaders and camp cousellors;
- And everyone else that had any part in making this week happen. Thank you.
– Alasdair & Larry
P.S. – For even more pictures and videos, see our Facebook page – ACE CAMP -Springfield VT | Facebook