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>> I find there was informal discussion of
an aviation museum starting back as far back as the '70s.
It was just casual conversation
among various people in Marietta.
And in early 2002,
I think it was a middle 2002,
Joe Daniel at the local bank
called a bunch of people together.
Said, hey, we're going to have a museum or not?
Everybody said, yeah, we ought to do it.
So I said, yeah, good idea.
Then he called me in about three or four days
said we want you to head the thing up.
Well, the reason is, of course,
I was retired and had the time,
and so I agreed to do it because I believe in it.
And the idea initially was a historical museum.
So we wanted to merge
the museum historical aspect
and use it to arouse
the interest of young people in science,
engineering, technology, and math.
Example, when a teacher
goes to the blackboard and writes F=Ma,
everybody goes, what's that about?
Well, that means force equals mass times acceleration.
So what? You take them
into the museum part where you have a jet engine.
You spin it, the fan blows some mirror back.
That's force, accelerating the mass.
That's thrust. That's how any propulsion system work.
Accelerates the mass.
That's how wing lifts.
Accelerates the mass of error downward.
That mass time acceleration equals force.
So there's a connection, I think,
in which we can use
the museum to enhance interest in science,
technology, engineering, and math.
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