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Boy Scout Aviation Badge Program

Allison O'Grady, Neighbor

Special one-day programs for the Aviation and Weather Merit Badges are offered throughout the year at the Hiller Aviation Museum. Scouts may complete all requirements for their Aviation Badge in a single day. Scouts joining the Weather Badge program will need to complete a week of weather observations using a weather station built during the program and submit the results to the Museum by mail to complete the last requirement. Both programs include the following:

  • Admission to the Hiller Aviation Museum
  • Advanced lab activities in aerodynamics and meteorology
  • Content presentations and workshops in an aviation-themed environment
  • Flight Simulation missions in the Flight Sim Zone

Aviation Badge candidates build and fly model gliders, inspect the Museum’s Cessna Cardinal airplane, and complete an Air Traffic Control simulation in addition to their other activities. Weather Badge candidates experiment with lightning and tornado formation, ice formation on an airplane wing, construction of a working weather station and more.

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