WHO: The Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum and the Mel Harmon Chapter of the Air Force Association
WHAT: are sponsoring a =93105th Anniversary of Flight=94 Celebration
WHERE: at the Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum located on the grounds of the Pueblo Memorial Airport (PUB). The museum is located approximately six miles east of Pueblo, Colorado on US Highway 50 East/ Colorado 96 East.
WHEN: 20 December 2008 from 10 AM to 4 PM.
COST: Free for persons under the age of 18. All others, $7.
ATTRACTIONS/ACTIVITIES: Tour the museum free for persons under the age of 18. There will be aviation related movies shown in the museum=92s theater. The Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum has a collection of over twenty six vintage military aircraft and missiles and is one of the largest military aircraft museums in Colorado.
In addition to the activities at the museum, the Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum and the Southern Colorado Rocketeers (NAR Section #632) will be marking the 40th Anniversary of the Apollo 8 moon launch. Apollo 8 marked the first time that humans left the orbit of the Earth and traveled to the Moon and returned safely. The launch site is located 9.5 miles South West of Pueblo Colorado on Colorado Highway 78. Visit the Southern Colorado Rocketeers Website at www.scronline= .net for a map to the location.
CONTACT INFORMATION: Call the museum at (719)948-9219 or by email at snipped-for-privacy@pwam.org. Contact the rocket club at snipped-for-privacy@wildblue.net .
Jason Unwin Aerospace Education Officer PWAM (719)948-9219 Museum Phone