Airport STEAM Festival on October 19

Murfreesboro Airport is hosting an Airport STEAM Festival event Saturday, Oct. 19! The Airport invites the public to engage STEAM from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. to learn how airplanes fly and what the Murfreesboro Airport does for the surrounding community.

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The list of participants in the Murfreesboro Airport STEAM Festival event include:

• Veterans of Foreign Wars: showcasing how to get involved with the local post and serve your veterans
• 101st Airborne: AH-64E Apache
• TN Army Nation Guard: UH-60 Blackhawk
• Experimental Aircraft Association: a very active local chapter will be showcasing:
  • How Airplanes Fly
  • Microsoft Flight Simulator
  • Several personal, member owned, aircraft that are based at MBT
• Murfreesboro Municipal Airport Staff welcoming you to MBT and sharing with you the current events of the airport
• Middle Tennessee State University: DA-40, showcasing their aircraft maintenance lab, their drone operations, as well as showcasing their collegiate opportunities
• Murfreesboro Police: showing their tools of the trade in keeping our community safe
• Murfreesboro Fire and Rescue: Ladder 6 t
• LifeFlight (Vanderbilt) will be showcasing their medical evac helicopters
• The list is growing! Please check back to see more as we get closer!

This is an excellent opportunity for scout members to earn their Aviation Badge!

Thanks to our sponsors, the airport is able to offer hotdogs, chips, and bottled water to all who participate in the educational opportunities (while supplies last).

Contact Ryan Hulsey at 615-217-5048 if you have questions about the festival.