Coming in for a landing!
Cradle of Aviation on Long Island, NY
On a Monday in December, Karen, Stan, Matt and I drove to an
educational adventure called the Cradle of Aviation! I would definitely
recommend going if you live on Long Island or visiting. It would be 3-4 hours well
spent with friends and family.
Before you go, please make sure to print out the quest in
order to help focus the learning experience.
The main exhibit explained the beginning of flying and
principles of flight, and the history starting in beginning 1900’s. One of my
favorite parts is the knowledgeable docents. If and when you go, you must
interact with the guides and ask thoughtful questions please. The exhibit is
interactive, but is showing its age and some activities did not work. It is
amazing to think how far and fast we came
in flight from around 1900-1960. The last section about the space age was awesome. Overall it was laid out well.
The reason Karen, Stan, and Matt were going was for the new, temporary video game
exhibit. The four of us young adults enjoyed the nostalgia of playing the
games. It is cool how they were set up like an arcade, and it is free,
unlimited play. They had several systems and games, and different historical
facts on markers. The markers could have been placed better. The Atari games
didn’t really work well, but my companions said
that was typical laughingly. It was awesome to see all the different
consoles and how video gaming progressed and the history.
If you want to experience the video games, you better hurry,
you have all this year (2017) to go visit.
Please make sure to check out the website for more
information and prices.
