Field trips are always fun! Crazy, though, so I decided I would put all the craziness of a field trip with the craziness of school during Holy Week. Tuesday 26 kids, and 2 teachers piled into a bus and travelled the Liat air hanger. What an experience! After trading my U.S. drivers license for a security badge, we entered the compound and learned about plane maintenance. The first plane we saw was undergoing a "C-check" - the plane was completely gutted, taken apart to check and rebuild everything. Seating, wiring, tires, engines, propellers.... you name it!
Then we went and toured the workshops, seeing everything from propellers to engines completely taken apart and in the process of being checked and rebuilt. One of my students was especially fascinated by all the electrical work. Future engineer?!
We finished off the tour by sitting on an actual plane that was just having general maintenance. We even got to peek in at the cockpit! We had lunch under the trees as we waited for our bus to take us back to school to finish off the week.
Then we went and toured the workshops, seeing everything from propellers to engines completely taken apart and in the process of being checked and rebuilt. One of my students was especially fascinated by all the electrical work. Future engineer?!
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