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More than 15 participants shaved their heads recently as Benjamin Franklin High School in New Orleans hosted its 10th annual St. Baldrick’s Foundation signature event. The school raised $5,467, surpassing its goal of $5,000. The head-shaving raises money to find cures and better
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Blaise Misse reaches cruising speed on the flight simulator.
Scouts earn aviation merit badges through program of the Big Easy Wing BY ROBERT S. WOLF
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“It’s a lot more difficult than it looks,” Blaise said. “I’m just glad I didn’t crash into the lake!”
The two-seater airplane barrels down the runway at New Orleans Earning merit badges Lakefront Airport with the engine The aviation merit badge classgrowling and the propeller whirl- es and demonstrations are coning. Blaise Misse grips firmly on ducted at the Lakefront Airport in the controls as the small plane the hangar of the Big Easy Wing, lifts off the ground and slices into the local chapter of the Commemthe air over Lake Pontchartrain orative Air Force, which is a naon this postcard tionwide club for “There is a fairly long list historical airplane perfect day. As the plane enthusiasts. of requirements climbs it wobbles to get the aviation merit Roger Jeffery, to the left, and education officer badge, and it covers Blaise tugs to for the Big Easy everything from how the right, only to Wing, said the a wing generates lift overcompensate course carefully and accidentally to the construction of jet follows the official send the plane into engines, so we geared Boy Scout cura hair-raising dive riculum that’s deour training to meet toward the wasigned to give the all their requirements. Scouts a first-hand ter. Blaise calmly The classes last about look at the physics pulls back on the of how planes fly controls to get the seven hours, and it’s and the process of nose up, steadies an all-day event.” charting and prethe wings and ROGER JEFFERY, regains his comparing for a flight. “There is a posure enough Big Easy Wing education officer fairly long list of to steer toward cruising altitude. All is well again requirements to get the aviation merit badge, and it covers everyin the pilot’s seat. Although his adrenaline is thing from how a wing generates pumping, Blaise was safe on the lift to the construction of jet enground the entire time. gines, so we geared our training He was using a flight simulator to meet all their requirements,” while was completing his course he said. “The classes last about work for the aviation merit badge seven hours, and it’s an all-day that he and his fellow Boy Scouts event.” in Troop 45, based at St. Angela While the Scouts don’t fly a real Merici School in Metairie, are plane for the merit badge, they pursuing on this Saturday mornä See SCOUTS, page 2G ing.
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Science teacher Sally Spahn’s pigtail is taken off by barber David Pham. Spahn raised $1,283.74 for St. Baldrick’s and donated the hair to organization Locks of Love.
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