If you want to have some fun, you've come to the right place! The Kids' Pages let you know what's going on at the museum especially for kids. Plus, there are great things to do, like making a paper helicopter or coloring a picture. These pages will change every month, so check back to see what's new!

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This fall is a busy time for kids at the Aerospace Museum. Here's what you need to know to plan ahead:

	Annual Scale Model Aircraft Exhibition October 15-17, 1999 Are you an expert at building model planes? Never built one before? Either way, the Exhibition is your chance to shine. To learn more, click here.
	Meet the Author of Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride October 23, 1999 San Diegan Pam Ryan has written a book for kids about Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt. She'll be at the museum to read her book. To learn more, click here.
	Gillespie Field Members' Days October 30-31, 1999 This free event lets people look around our Gillespie Field annex- in El Cajon-where we keep our fighter jets! People bring all sorts of airplanes to show the crowds.
October Activities
Paper Helicopter: Go here to print out instructions for folding a paper helicopter. You'll be flying in no time! Coloring Page: Go here to print out a picture of the first aircraft to carry people. Color it, and voila-you are an artist!

Yes, Girls Can Fly
	The museum opened a great exhibit on September 14, 1999. Women of Flight shows that women have been flying as long and as well as men. The exhibit, which is spread throughout the museum, has life-size cutouts of female aerospace pioneers placed near the air- or spacecraft they flew. Each woman's biography (life story) is told in the exhibit. Here's one of the women you can learn about:
Madeleine-Sophie Blanchard Madeleine-Sophie Blanchard first soloed (flew by herself in) a balloon in 1805. She became so popular for her balloon flights that France's leader, Napoleon, called her "Aeronaut of the Empire." Because she was a small woman, Madame Blanchard's balloon did not need much hydrogen gas to lift her into the air, so ballooning was less expensive for her than for larger people. The people who came to watch Mme. Blanchard fly her balloon liked excitement, so sometimes she would set off fireworks while she went up in her balloon. This was dangerous, because the hydrogen in the balloon was explosive-if a spark from the fireworks came too close, the whole balloon might catch fire! In fact, on July 7th, 1819, that happened, and Madeleine-Sophie Blanchard was killed. Who invented the hot-air balloon? Click here to find out and to color a picture of the invention.