Right after picking the kids up from ground school, we piloted the Honda to a nearby 7-Eleven. The place was packed - cars everywhere and hordes of kids arriving on foot. Despite that, mercifully, it took only minutes for CJ and Annabelle to score their sugary concoction.
PILOT PROBLEMS: The kids are continuing private pilot ground school. Some of the info they learned yesterday had to do with airport rules and regs, weather's impacts on flying, and pilots' fitness for flight.
They both came home yesterday talking about a video they had to watch about the effects of hypoxia, or lack of oxygen, on a pilot. Though it's a super unfunny thing in real life, this training video they watched is a bit of a crack up!
RELIVING APOLLO 11: The 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing is coming up on July 20. That milestone has been getting lots of press as the golden anniversary approaches. There are articles, photos, reminiscences, and more. But if you want a full-blown Apollo 11 experience, you should check out this website: apolloinrealtime.org/11
There, you fill find ALL of the voices on Mission Control audio and ALL of the mission’s historical media, including footage of Mission Control, film shot by the astronauts, as well as television broadcasts transmitted from space and the surface of the Moon. It's all been painstakingly synced by Ben Feist of Toronto, and archivist Stephen Slater.
The site lest you jump in at any point. For instance, during the mission anniversary (July 16th – 24th), by clicking the ‘Now’ button on the site, you will be dropped in to that moment of the mission exactly 50 years ago, to the second. Here's what the site's front page looks like.
What a treasure trove of one of humankind's most memorable milestones!
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