April 16, 2010; Friday Evening Social Technical Aspects of the “World’s Fastest” Aircraft: SR-71 (Blackbird) Gerry Glasser 7:00 PM – American River College, Room 306 Jerry was an instructor pilot with 900 hrs on the SR-71. He now teaches at Jesuit High School. Presentation starts with the development of the aircraft, the Soviet response, crew requirements, and those “secret questions” that are no longer secret. Soft drinks and cookies provided RSVP to Chuck Hunt would be appreciated to let Jerry know how many info packets to bring. huntc@arc.losrios.edu; phone: (916)484-8342 April 17, 2010, Saturday Oldie But Goodie Demonstrations The theme…
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Friday & Saturday April 16th & 17th, 2010 American River College Sacramento, CA (see map below) Local Host: Chuck Hunt: email: Huntc@arc.losrios.edu Sign up to present Call for Presentations We solicit presentations of 15 minutes in length. Suitable topics include teaching ideas, research projects, laboratory techniques, novel demonstrations, computers and instruction. Please send an abstract of your talk, with title, your name and affiliation, AV and equipment requests, and other requirements to the Program Chairman, Paul Robinson, preferably by email at laserpablo@aol.com. Deadline for submission is Friday, March 5, 2010. Call for Demonstrations Bring your favorite 5-minute demonstration for the…
Join the Northern California Northern Nevada Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers at our Fall Meeting/Conference Friday, October 9 and Saturday, October 10, 2009 Friday Evening Social 6:00-8:30 PM at Paul Robinson’s Home (directions) Guest of Honor: Sy Liebergot, Flight Controller of Mission Control during Apollo Program Saturday Meeting/Conference Conference Center, NASA Ames, Moffett Field, CA From Highway 101: 1. Exit Moffett Blvd./NASA Parkway. 2. At the stop sign just short of the NASA Ames gate, turn right into the conference center parking lot. Friday Evening Social 6:00-8:30 PM Hot Dog Reception Complimentary Hot Dogs (beef or tofu)…
Mark your calendars The fall NCNAPT meeting/workshops will be held at NASA Ames Research Center on October 10th, 2009. Keynote speaker will be Sy Liebergot, EECOM from Apollo 13. More details will be posted soon, including registration links, call for presentations, etc.
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