March 16; 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. in the Community Room
Part one: Find out how a large passenger aircraft works -- how the plane’s wing develops lift, how its flight controls steer the plane, how the various systems work & what the pilot is doing during the many phases of the flight.
Part two: A flight - IN REAL TIME - in a Boeing 757, to a city of your choice. Folks will ride inside the cockpit of a modern jet transport and experience everything the pilot does during the flight. All aspects of navigation, weather, and air traffic control are explained using a state-of-the-art computer flight simulator. Every switch and instrument works like the real plane. Captain (ret.) Lou Thieblemont will facilitate this fascinating program on aviation.