Aviation & Space Exploration Troop 33 - Dekalb, Illinois Over the years our troop has visited a variety of Air & Space Museums, NASA facilities, planetariums and observatories. The boys have always been facinated by aviation. Aviation related locations & events we've enjoyed visiting: ALABAMA Maxwell Air Force Base - Alabama NASA Marshall Flight Center – Huntsville, AL U.S. Space & Rocket Center — Huntsville, AL ARIZONA AMARK Aircraft Facility — Tucson, AZ Davis-Monthan Air Force Base - Tucson, Arizona Pima Air & Space Museum — Tucson, AZ CALIFORNIA LAX International Airport - Los Angeles, California San Francisco International Airport - San Francisco, California COLORADO Peterson Air Force Base - Colorado Lowery Air Force Base - Colorado U.S. Air Force Academy - Colorado DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Bolling Air Force Base - Washington D.C. National Air & Space Museum — Washington D.C. FLORIDA Canavaral Air Force Station - Florida Homestead Air Force Base - Homestead, FL (closed) Key West Naval Air Station - Key West, FL MacDill Air Force Base - Tampa, FL NASA Kennedy Space Center — Cape Canaveral, FL National Museum of Naval Aviation — Pensacola, FL Patrick Air Force Base - Cocoa Beach, FL Pensacola Naval Air Station - Pensacola, FL GEORGIA Atlanta Naval Air Station - Marietta, GA Museum of Aviation — Warner-Robins, GA Robins Air Force Base - Georgia HAWAII Honolulu International Airport - Honolulu, Hawaii Kahului Airport - Kahului, Hawaii ILLINOIS Adler Planetarium — Chicago, IL Chanute Air Force Base - Rantoul, Illinois (closed) Chicago Air Show - Chicago, Illinois Chicago - O'Hare International Airport, Illinois Chicago - Midway International Airport, Illinois DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport - DeKalb, Illinois Glenview Naval Air Station - Glenview, Illinois (closed) Illinois Air National Guard (Midway) - Chicago, Illinois Illinois State University Planetarium — Bloomington , Illinois Northern Illinois University Observatory - DeKalb, Illinois Scott Air Force Base - Belleville, Illinois Staerkel Planetarium / Parkland College - Champaign, Illinois University of Illinois Willard Airport, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois KANSAS McConnell Air Force Base - Kansas MAINE Brunswick Naval Air Station - Brunswick, Maine MISSISSIPPI Keesler Air Force Base - Biloxi, Mississippi MONTANA Malmstrom Air Force Base - Great Falls, Montana NEBRASKA Offutt Air Force Base - Nebraska Strategic Air & Space Museum — Ashland, NE NEVADA McCarran International Airport - Las Vegas, Nevada Nellis Air Force Base - Las Vegas, Nevada NEW YORK Intrepid Air & Space Museum — New York, NY Plattsburgh Air Force Base - New York (closed) NORTH DAKOTA Grand Forks Air Force Base - North Dakota OHIO National Museum of the United States Air Force — Dayton, Ohio Neil Armstrong Air & Space Museum — Wapakoneta , Ohio Rickenbacker Air Force Base - Columbus, Ohio (closed) Wright Brothers (various sites) - Dayton, Ohio Wright-Patterson Air Force Base - Dayton, Ohio PENNSYLVANIA Willow Grove Naval Air Station - Willow Grove, Pennsylvania SOUTH DAKOTA Ellsworth Air Force Base - South Dakota TEXAS Austin-Bergstrom International Airport - Austin, Texas El Paso International Airport - El Paso, Texas George Bush Intercontinental Airport - Houston, Texas VIRGINIA Langley Air Force Base - Langley, Virginia Oceana Naval Air Station - Virginia Beach, Virginia NASA Research Center & Museum — Langley, Virginia National Air & Space Museum, Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy Center - Chantilly, Virginia WASHINGTON Geiger Field-Spokane International Airport - Spokane, Washington WISCONSIN AirVenture - Oshkosh, WI Experimental Aircraft Assoc. Museum - Oshkosh, WI Yerkes Observatory — Williams Bay, WI INTERNATIONAL LOCATIONS BERMUDA - L.F. Wade International Airport - St George, Bermuda CANADA - Planetarium du Montreal — Montreal Canada COSTA RICA - Juan Santamarνa International Airport - Alajuela, Costa Rica ICELAND - Reykjavνk International Airport - Reykjavνk, Iceland LUXEMBOURG - Luxembourg-Findel International Airport - Luxembourg City, Luxembourg MEXICO - Cancun International Airport - Cancun, Mexico A few reference links: List of Observatories List of Planetariums (Planetaria) List Air & Space Musuems NASA Facilities Some specific websites: Adler Planetarium – Illinois AirVenture - Wisconsin Ames Research Center – California Arecibo Observatory – Puerto Rico Chicago Air & Water Show Chicago - O'Hare International Airport Chicago - Midway International Airport DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport -- DeKalb, IL Dryden Flight Research Center – California EAA AirVenture Museum -- Oshkosh, Wisconsin Glenn Research Center – Ohio Goddard Space Flight Center – Maryland Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex – California Green Bank Telescope – West Virginia Illinois State University Planetarium – Illinois Jet Propulsion Lab – California Johnson Space Center – Texas Kennedy Space Center – Florida Langely Research Center – Virginia Los Alemos National Laboratory -- New Mexico Marshall Flight Center – Alabama Mauna Kea Observatories – Hawaii Mohave Civilian Aerospace Test Center – California Mount Wilson Observatory – California NASA Headquarters – District of Columbia National Air & Space Museum - Washington, D.C. National Air & Space Museum, Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy Center - Chantilly, Virginia National Solar Observatory – Kit Peak – Arizona National Solar Observatory – Sacramento Peak – Arizona Neil Armstrong Air and Space Museum – Ohio NIU Observatory -- Illinois Palomar Observatory – California Starerkel Plantarium – Illinois Strategic Air & Space Museum -- Nebraska Stennis Space Center – Mississippi VLA (very large array) – New Mexico Yerkes Observatory – Wisconsin Wherever you're located in the nation, there is probably a site not too far away worth visiting. If not, even a night of studying the stars, watching satelites, and looking for shooting stars fly across the sky is good.                         E-Mail Cliff Golden [email protected]