Wings Over the Rockies
Air & Space Museum
 7711 East Academy Boulevard
Denver, CO 80230-6929

Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum, Denver, COPhone: 303.360.5360
Fax: 303.360.5328
Museum Store: 303.360.8535
Tour Booking:
303.360.5360 x 116

Aviation Merit Badge/Patch Program for Boy and Girl Scouts

Educational Programs
Wings Aerospace Science Program
Onsite Tours and Programs
Birthday Parties
Summer Camp at Wings
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Speakers Bureau

 

 

 

 

Both boy and girl scouts can earn their Aviation Merit Badge/Patch through an extensive four hour class.  The class will include mapping out a flight plan, flying the plan in our simulators, learning different kinds of engines, careers in aviation, and a guided tour of the Museum.

 

Program Description    

Wings Over the Rockies has incorporated the requirements set forth by the Boy and Girl Scouts of America for the Aviation Merit Badge/Patch into a program which allows Denver area Scouts to obtain their Aviation Merit Badge/Patch at the Museum, an historical, educational and fun location to complete the tasks necessary. (4 hours, 6th-12th grade)

According to the Badge Requirements, Scouts will:

  • Learn about aircraft and piloting, including specific aircraft in use today and the different ratings and careers for pilots
  • Explain the operation of a piston, turboprop, and jet engines
  • become knowledgeable about the four forces of flight and how they affect aircraft during all phases of flight
  • Become familiar with the instrumentation aboard aircraft
  • create a flight plan using aeronautical charts, plotters and calculators
  • fly the flight plan you’ve created on computer simulators with yokes and throttles
  • take a guided tour of the Museum including access to several cockpits
  • Learn to build a FPG-9 model aircraft and have a competition with your group
  • Learn about the primary control surfaces on a plane that affect the airplanes attitude including; ailerons, elevators, and rudder.
  • Demonstrate how the control surfaces of airplane are used in the flight simulator lab
  • Explain the purposes of various instrumentation found on a single engine aircraft.

At the completion of the program, all attendees who have completed the requirements for the Aviation Merit Badge will be signed off for their Badges by their counselor. 

For more information on the Aviation Merit Badge/Patch program please contact Kevin Smith 303-360-5360 x:116 or ksmith@wingsmuseum.org.

For the Aviation Merit Badge/ Patch Program registration form click here.