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Space is limited!! Download or print pdf registration materials and send in your registration,
payment of $200.00 and $10.00 non-refundable registration fee to ensure your child has a
spot. Make check or money order payable to West Michigan Flight Academy and Mail to: WMFA
P.O. Box 7747 Grand Rapids MI. (if you pay online you will still need to send in your
registration information.)
June 18th - 23rd Session 1 Beginner Camp
June 25th - 30th Session 2 Beginner Camp
Riverview Airport
805 Taylor Street Jenison
Michigan 49428
Beginner Camps are for students going into 5th - 8th grade.
Campers report Monday – Friday 9Am – 1:30PM and Saturday from 12 – 3PM the campers will
get up close and personal with a real aircraft and will be treated to an airplane ride, and pot
luck picnic with their families at Riverview Airport!! Click here for registration forms!
Advance camps are for those students that have participated in any of WMFA's weekend, after
school or flight programs.
Students will receive instruction in:
Navigation
a. Demonstrate proper use of landmarks to travel between points.
b. Apply mathematics to solve navigation problems.
c. Determine appropriate uses of pilotage and dead reckoning.
d. Distinguish among the different instruments used in radio and advanced technologies.
Air Traffic Control System
a. Identify the differences in the responsibilities and duties of Air Traffic Controllers and
b. TRACONS (Terminal Radar Approach Control) and ARTCC (Air Route Traffic Control
Centers).
c. Understand the roles and responsibilities of the Air Traffic Controller: clearance delivery
ground, and local.
d. Exhibit competence in utilizing the International Phonetic Alphabet.
Rocket Assembly and Launching
a. How rockets are constructed.
b. How parts of a rocket function.
c. How a rocket works.
Students will also discover the “Principals of Flight” using radio control and or rubber band
airplanes.
