Aviation in the Archives: Open House and Paper Airplane Competition
Aviation in the Archives: Open House and Paper Airplane Competition
Come explore a selection of materials from our Archives of American Aerospace Exploration collections and put your own aircraft construction skills to the test in our paper airplane competition! Materials (and snacks) will be provided. Paper plane building time is from 4-5pm, with launch tests beginning at 5pm. Prizes will go to those whose plane flies the farthest!
Established in 1986, the Archives of American Aerospace Exploration (AAAE) preserves and makes accessible published and unpublished materials that document American aeronautical and space history, as well as related sciences. The collection includes books and articles, letters, notes, photographs, reminiscences, memorabilia, oral histories, patents, and drawings/schematics. Current holdings comprise more than three dozen collections of papers from pilots, astronauts, physicists, chemists, engineers, NACA and NASA administrators and project managers, writers, illustrators, and researchers in industry and academia.
If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, welcome! Please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu during regular business hours at least 10 business days prior to the event.
- Date:
- Tuesday, April 23, 2024
- Time:
- 4:00pm - 6:00pm
- Location:
- 1st Floor Commons (Newman Library)
- Campus:
- Blacksburg Campus
- Audience:
- Advanced Alumni Beginners Faculty/Staff Graduate Students Postdoc Public Undergraduates
- Categories:
- Event
Project Archivist
Archives of American Aerospace Exploration
katherinez@vt.edu