Introduction To Aviation

John Schmidt teaches in the Columbia Heights School District.  He is a member of the Experimental Aircraft Association and the Aircraft Owners and Pilot’s Association.  Mr. Schmidt has been a private pilot since 1990 with 400 hours logged flight time, including tailwheel, complex, and high-performance endorsements.  He owns a 1947 Stinson 108-1 and is building an RV6 and a replica Piper Vagabond.  Mr. Schmidt owns a hangar in New Richmond, Wisconsin, and serves on the Forest Lake Airport Commission.  This is his sixth year with Summer Academy.

Introduction To Aviation

Fly!  The word has been a thought of mankind’s for thousands of years, but only in the last 100 has society actually been transported in airplanes.  We will look at antique airplanes and flying techniques, the science, the history, the personalities, and the FUTURE of aviation. Students will make a model airplane and a model airfoil.  We will visit airplane museums, a control tower, meet a flight instructor, fly a flight simulator, and see aircraft engines.