You will be hearing from myself and from fellow park ranger diane wolfe. Will talk to you a little bit in celebration of womens History Month about the women of Floyd Bennett field we will talk to you a little bit. Its one of the more significant sites in the history of aviation. It is a story that doesnt get told to much anymore, but in its day, the aviators who flew at Floyd Bennett field during the 1930s were as big of celebrities as anybody you might think of. You know, you start with the age of charles lindbergh, 1927 and really, right up until world war ii, these folks were advancing Aviation Technology at an incredible rate. When you think that the first airplane flight was in 1903 with the wright brothers, we are at the dawn of the jet age. We go from a time when it was perfectly common to have biplane wood and fabric airliners to allmental monoplane airliners capable of crossing the country at 200 miles an hour carrying 22 passengers allmental. Allmetal. Thats a leap in just 1
Park, which is Gateway National recreation area. My name is lincoln hallowell. Im an National Park service ranger. You will be hearing from myself and from fellow park ranger diane wolfe. Will talk to you a little bit in celebration of womens History Month about the women of Floyd Bennett field we will talk to you a little bit. Its one of the more significant sites in the history of aviation. It is a story that doesnt get told to much anymore, but in its day, the aviators who flew at Floyd Bennett field during the 1930s were as big of celebrities as anybody you might think of. You know, you start with the age of charles lindbergh, 1927, and really, right up until world war ii, these folks were advancing Aviation Technology at an incredible rate. When you think that the first airplane flight was in 1903 with the wright brothers, we are at the dawn of the jet age. We go from a time when it was perfectly common to have biplane wood and fabric airliners to allmetal monoplane airliners capa
Bitten by a tick. Harry potter, watch out. Theres another magical teen with more than a few tricks up his sleeve. Ill have that story. That and more, next on teen kids news. Welcome to teen kids news. Im mwanzaa. And im siena. Well start with our top story. If you play a sport, you know that having a great coach is really important. But in some communities, coaches are hard to find. Libby reports on a game plan to change that. Sports are more than just fun. Kids who play sports are more likely to. Do better in school. Theyre less likely to. Abuse drugs. Or become pregnant. And theyre less likely to be. Overweight. And yet sports programs in Public Schools across the country are being. Reduced cut. Downsized. In fact, almost 4 billion have been cut from sports programs in recent years. Especially hard hit are kids in poor areas. Only 3 of them get to play organized sports. As a result, there are lots of kids out there who want to play sports but dont have what they need most coaches to
Ill tell you what to do if bitten by a tick. Harry potter, watch out. Theres another magical teen with more than a few tricks up his sleeve. Ill have that story. That and more, next on teen kids news. Welcome to teen kids news. Im mwanzaa. And im siena. Well start with our top story. If you play a sport, you know that having a great coach is really important. But in some communities, coaches are hard to find. Libby reports on a game plan to change that. Sports are more than just fun. Kids who play sports are more likely to. Do better in school. Theyre less likely to. Abuse drugs. Or become pregnant. And theyre less likely to be. Overweight. And yet sports programs in Public Schools across the country are being. Reduced cut. Downsized. In fact, almost 4 billion have been cut from sports programs in recent years. Especially hard hit are kids in poor areas. Only 3 of them get to play organized sports. As a result, there are lots of kids out there who want to play sports but dont have what
Welcome to teen kids news. Im mwanzaa. And im siena. Well start with our top story. If you play a sport, you know that having a great coach is really important. But in some communities, coaches are hard to find. Libby reports on a game plan to change that. Sports are more than just fun. Kids who play sports are more likely to. Do better in school. Theyre less likely to. Abuse drugs. Or become pregnant. And theyre less likely to be. Overweight. And yet sports programs in Public Schools across the country are being. Reduced cut. Downsized. In fact, almost 4 billion have been cut from sports programs in recent years. Especially hard hit are kids in poor areas. Only 3 of them get to play organized sports. As a result, there are lots of kids out there who want to play sports but dont have what they need most coaches to work with them. Thats where an Organization Called up2us comes in. Up2us was started because we know that kids all over america, particularly in our cities here, need sports.