On Monday the Cub Scouts from the Chaparral & French Valley wards ( big thanks to the Stahls for setting this up) went to March Air Force base in Riverside for a guided tour of the base. The tour included a flight simulator of a C-17. Pilots train on this and it actually felt like we were flying - very cool. The scouts also did a sit-down training session, much like a video game. These areas were off limits to cameras so I do not have pictures of this. It definitely was one of the favorites of the tour. We then went to check out a falcon. They use them to scare off other birds to keep them from getting sucked into the jet engines. The handler informed us falcons can vertically dive, I believe up to 200 mph and can see pray in excess of 10 miles. The best part of the tour was going into a C-17 transport plane. The pilots were able to show the scouts and parents the cock-pit, the capacities, weight, etc. Justins favorite was going into the cock-pit and bunks. As you can see the inside of the plane is huge. The tour ended with the March Air Force base fire dept where the scouts were able to shoot 0ff some water from one of the fire trucks. A great time was had by all.
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Fun stuff! Good blog post Kirk!
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