The National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Pooler, GA, will bring back its popular Bombardier School program this October, giving participants an opportunity to experience the mathematics, navigation, and decision-making involved in training a WWII bombardier. The program will be led by Dr. Tim Moore, a Norden Bombsight expert and museum trustee. Participants will explore the engineering and mathematics behind bombardment operations while learning how WWII bombardiers planned and navigated their missions.
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The program includes plotting flight paths using dead reckoning before participants take their place behind an authentic Norden Bombsight. The exercise will demonstrate how bombardiers used the technology to calculate their approach to a target. Bombardier School will be offered at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Friday, October 9, followed by another session at 10 a.m. Saturday, October 10. The program costs $50 per participant, with museum members receiving a discount. Class sizes are limited, and advance registration is required. You can click HERE to register. For more information and to support the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, click on this link: www.mightyeighth.org.
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