C R Smith Museum

Saturday, June 3, 2017

The JT-3 Jet engine.

The JT-3 jet was being worked on in Basel, Switzerland.

I was the mechanic on the project.

At this time the Boeing 707 was owned by the TAG Corporation.

Later, John Travolta was the owner.

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Hold on tight! Get ready for earthquakes and tsunamis! Jump on the Quake Karaoke platform and match an earthquake seismogram! Build your structure, set it on a “beach,” and launch a wave in the 16-ft Tsunami Tank! Then replay the impact in slow-mo and improve your design. Complete Puzzled Earth, the plate tectonic puzzle, before time runs out and the pieces fall! Spin through geologic time to make Earth’s continents move and re-form. Be an engineer as you design and build structures to withstand earthquakes on the Shake Table. Find out what engineers do to keep our world safer…When the Earth Shakes!

Friday, March 10, 2017

C.R. SMITH MUSEUM Summer Camp.

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2017 CR Smith Museum Summer Camps

Flight Adventure Camp (entering 3rd-4th grade):

June 12th-16th $275 non-members /$225 Museum member
Campers get ready for an adventure through flight! Our youngest eagle aviation campers will be introduced to the world of aviation, the science behind flight and learn what it takes to fly. Campers GET HANDS-ON with design challenges, flight simulators and activities that test flight. Activities include designing satellites, gliders, parachutes, flying gizmos, communication networks, beginner flight simulations and more! Meet the pros that go behind the scenes at American Airlines to learn more how airlines run. REGISTER NOW!

Eagle Aviation Camp Beginner (entering 5th-7th grade):

June 19th-23rd $300 non-members /$250 Museum member
Do you think you have what it takes? Eagle Aviation Camp explores what is involved in an airlines and the aviation industry! Get HANDS ON with STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) workshops on engineering, flight simulations, rocketry and more! Learn from the pros at American Airlines how the airline operates. EXPERIENCE behind the scenes tours of major aviation facilities including American Airlines training centers, DFW Airport, CAE Simuflite and Founders Plaza. REGISTER NOW!

Eagle Aviation Camp Advanced (entering 7th-9th grade):

June 26th-30th $300 non-members /$250 Museum member
Dive deeper into aviation! Eagle Aviation Advanced campers will participate in advanced workshops and lessons on airplane design, engineering, flight planning, beginner and advanced flight simulations, building a brand, airliner operations and more! Learn from people at American Airlines and other industry leaders how airlines operate. Go behind the scenes of American Airlines training, DFW Airport facilities, CAE Simuflite and more! REGISTER NOW!

NEW Eagle Aviation Modelers/Drone Camp (entering 6th-8th grade):

July 10th-14th $350 non-members/ $300 Museum member
HANDS ON STEM CAMP. Fly beginner DRONES and assemble and fly a REMOTE CONTROL PLANE! Campers will get hands on with STEM activities that teach the mechanics of flight, practice flight with remote control plane and drone flight simulations and participate in demonstrations from Dallas FPV pros. Campers will take field trips to flying fields and other industry locations to test flight remote control planes, learn about future careers in drones and watch drone races! REGISTER NOW!

A spitfire of WW-2

Friday, January 27, 2017

American Airlines Captain Herb W.

Herb was one of my favorites Captains to fly with. I flew as his flight engineer all over the world after we retired. Lot's of great times. We were flying Boeing 707 after AAL stopped flying them.