New Summer Camp Offers Spectrum of Aviation Activities

The program at the Aviation Museum of New Hampshire aims to make aviation accessible to youth, regardless of their backgrounds.

Amy Wilder

Tuesday, February 14, 2023 at 05:53 PM ET

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Participants in the Aviation Museum of New Hampshire's first-ever 'Flights of Discovery' summer camp will learn about the various types of engines used in powered flight, both historically and today. Participants in the Aviation Museum of New Hampshire's first-ever 'Flights of Discovery' summer camp will learn about the various types of engines used in powered flight, both historically and today. [Courtesy: Aviation Museum of New Hampshire]

Key Takeaways:

The Aviation Museum of New Hampshire is launching "Flights of Discovery," a new four-week STEM aviation summer program for middle and high school students in New England.
The program, created by education director Deborra Losch, offers hands-on learning in navigation, air traffic control, flight instruments, and simulators, culminating in a simulated flight experience.
Designed to be accessible, the camp includes fundraising to provide subsidies for low-income families and aims to inspire the next generation of aviators.

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High school and middle school kids in New England have an opportunity to sign up for a new aviation summer program offered by the Aviation Museum of New Hampshire at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (KMHT), Manchester/Londonderry. The National Flight Simulator is also based at the airport, which is located about an hour’s drive north of Boston, Massachusetts.

The four-week STEM program, Flights of Discovery, will run from July 10 through August 3. The camp is the brainchild of education director Deborra Losch. She joined the museum just seven months ago and started the program from scratch. Rather than reinvent the proverbial wheel, Losch reached out to aviation organizations around the country that offer kids’ camps—such as those run by the Experimental Aircraft Association—to pick their brains.