Monthly Activities

Our squadron completed the Squadron Aerospace Education (AE) program.
To meet the miniumum requirements we completed 6 months of AE activites from the AEX II book.
Below is a list of completed and scheduled activities.

    January
    Activity 10 - Lost on the Moon - COMPLETE 01/17/04 - 21 participants
    Feburary
    Activity 1 - The Goddard Rocket - COMPLETE 02/07/04 - 13 participants
      Farthest Distance: C/MSgt Brad Cilino
      Most accurate: C/Basic Steven Hamman
    March
    Activity 14 - Build the TG-4A Glider / Sailplane - COMPLETE 03/06/04 - 14 particpants
      Farthest Distance: C/CMSgt. Sarah Murray
      Most accurate Landing: C/CMSgt. Sarah Murray
    April
    Activity 11 - Cool Cartographics - COMPLETE 04/03/04 - 8 participants
    May
    Activity 8 - Role Model Marth Bon Meyer (Build the SR 71 Blackbird) - COMPLETED 05/01/04 - 11 participants
      Farthest Distance:
      1st: C/MSgt Kurt Waters
      2nd: C/Basic Al-Naser
      Altitude Competion:
      1st: C/MSgt Kurt Waters
      2nd: Cadet Rivas
      Accurate Landing:
      1st: C/MSgt Kurt Waters
      2nd: C/MSgt Brad Cilino
      Cadets cutting their wings out of styrophome
      Launching during the Landing Contest
      Having fun after the lesson with modified launching systems
    June
    Activity 9 - X43 - Hyper X - Completed 06/05/04 - 11 Cadets participated and 3 Senior Members Participated
    July
    August
    September 11th
    Model Rocketry Phase I - Goddard and Fizzy Flyer - 11 Cadets participated
    (Tuel, Shockley, Stewart, Cilino, Pope, Moody, French, Glenn, Rivas, Eire, Vineyard)
      Fizzy Flyer
    October 16th
    Model Rocketry Phase II - Titan - 16 cadets and 3 senior members participated
    (Giesleman, Moody, Glenn, Devine, Butler, Stewart, Tuel, raymond, Bos, French, Burgess, Lundsford, Draper, Kristopherson, Dillan, Joslin, and several visitors)
      Cadets Building Rockets
    November 6th
    Lackland Airshow Fieldtrip
      Cadets in a helo. Burgess, Eire, Hamman, French
    December
    Model Rocketry Phase III (Dec 4th)
    Model Rocketry Launch (Dec 11th)

Aerospace Quiz and Mentor Awards

Each Month we are going to have a Quiz over Aerospace topics that are in the Cadets Books, News Events, or relating to a project. During AE activities I will also be looking for mentors who assist other cadets and want to reward for their service.

    January
    Feburary
    March
    AE Quiz Winners
    1. C/MSgt Richard Pope, Jr. - Jet Propulsion Laboratories (JPL) sticker
    2. C/SrA Peter French - JPL Sticker
    1. C/MSgt Richard Pope, Jr. - Jet Propulsion Laboratories (JPL) sticker
    2. C/SrA Peter French - JPL Sticker
    April
    1. C/Basic Brandon Tuel - JPL coin of the Spirit and Enterprise Mars Rovers
    2. C/A1C Glenn
    May
    1. C/A1C Peter French - USAF Thunderbirds Kite
    2. C/Amn Sean Stewart - USAF Thunderbirds Kite
      Kite winners from 5/1/04 Aerospace Quiz with C/MSgt Waters
    June

    We split up into teams of two, one experienced cadet with one younger cadet. The teams will then compete against each other.

    1. 1st place team: each person will recieve a polystyrene glider with a 4.5' wingspan
      • Pope
    2. 2nd place team: each person will recieve a polystyrene glider with a 2' wingspan
      • Pop
      • French
    3. 3rd place team: each person will recieve a polystyrene glider with a 6" wingspan
      • Tuel
      • Glenn
    July
    August
    September
    October
    AE Mentor - C/Maj Joseph Devine
    2nd Lt Daren Jaeger / c/Maj Joseph Devine
    November
    AE Mentor - C/CMSgt Ricky Pope
    December
    AE Mentor - C/2nd Lt Will Taylor