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Old 07-28-2009 | 10:12 PM
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ctdahle
 
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Default RE: 747 AIR FORCE ONE

I did a bit of checking and I think you can all be pretty darn sure that this is not something that is going to get any real funding.

Those of you who would like to do something real can do what I did. I bought a box of Delta Darts 10 years ago and called up my local middle school. I got a local lumber yard to donate a sheet of soundboard that I hacked into building boards on the table saw. A local hardware store donated 25 xacto knives, and a fabric store contributed boxes of T pins. I have been building Delta Darts with 12 year olds every year since, and I now can report that several of the kids have graduated from aeronautics and engineering programs. Others just decided that maybe they ought to stay in school.

A pair of Kadets, a few gallons of fuel, and your willingness to haul a minivan full of kids to the flying field will do more to help kids stay in school and avoid gangs and other bad behaviours than watching even the coolest jet.

Be careful though, the rewards of working with kids are high, though not monetary. You might quit your day job and become a middle school math and science teacher...which is why I'll probably never be able to afford a jet.