Summer Camps

Aviation Focused STEM Summer Camp

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June 13-17, with a free Young Eagles flight on Saturday, June 18. 7th to 12th grade
students may apply.

For more information, please visit eaa690.org/summer-camp. Contact Gay Roberts, Camp Registrar and Administrative Coordinator at summercamp@eaa690.org with any questions.

This unique program is held by EAA 690, a chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association located at Briscoe Field in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Topics include Aircraft Construction Methods, Principles of Aeronautics, R/C Modeling, Helicopter Flight, Ground and Flight Instruction and possible visits to select facilities located at Briscoe Field.

The EAA Summer Camps were initiated in 2012 by Dr. Debi Huffman, an instructor at Fernbank Science Center and member of EAA Chapter 690. That first year was for ages 12 and 13, who would come to be known as Alpha Group. The second year the Chapter added Bravo Group for ages 14 and 15. The third year the Chapter added Charlie Group for ages 16 to 18. In the initial year of Charlie, there were only three campers — all girls. They were quickly dubbed “Charlie’s Angels.”

Brian Michael assists an EAA 690 Summer Camper with the task of riveting the handle to the tool box just completed by the camper.
The Charle Group of EAA 690’s Aviation Summer Camp visiting the Aviation Detachment of the Gwinnett County Police Department.  L-R are flight instructor Bruce Buell, students Isaac Turner, Anthony Baker, Malik Adebayo, Maria Hernandez, and pilot Corporal King of the Gwinnet PD.
Chapter member Chuck Roberts demonstrates a wind tunnel to a student camper. Chuck is a retired engineer, and built the wind tunnel himself.  ©2021 Joel Levine
A young student is introduced to a flight simulator at the chapter hangar during a recent Young Eagle rally. Chapter member Wes Riddick is a Certified Flight Instructor – Instrument, and works as an inspector at Delta Tech Ops. ©2022 John Slemp

In all groups, the camp emphasizes STEM, aviation-oriented, hands-on activities. Activities planned for the Alpha Group are model aviation, building a sheet metal toolbox, introducing composite construction for aviation, using drones and an opportunity to fly a small drone through a competition course, and introducing electronics.

Activities planned for the Bravo Group are advanced model aviation, introduction to airfoils and a chance to try their own design in a wind tunnel, use a simulator to fly a flight plan, build a sheet metal aileron section, use of drones and the opportunity to fly a small drone through a competition course, and introduction to welding.

The Charlie Group will be immersed in ground school education and flight training (three to four hours, depending on weather). On Friday afternoon, all groups will participate in a NASA/Mars activity by building a “Mars robot rover” and then “exploring Mars” terrain.

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