A commercial airline pilot answers questions and talks with students during a previous Flights of Discovery summer camp. Registration for this year's camp program has been extended to June 7. Courtesy photo/Aviation Museum of New Hampshire

LONDONDERRY — With a few spots still open, the Aviation Museum of New Hampshire has extended the registration deadline for this year’s Flights of Discovery summer camp program.

The new deadline is now June 7 for the camp, which offers students ages 10-17 an in-depth experience in all things aviation.

The camp is open to area students interested in exploring all aspects of aviation and aerospace. Several aviation-related field trips are included–and yes, the camp’s field day celebration will include pizza delivered by a helicopter.

“Our summer camp is designed to stimulate and encourage the natural curiosity that young people have about flight,” said Debbora Losch, education director for the Aviation Museum.

Enrollment information can be found at aviationmuseumofnh.org or by sending email to dlosch@nhahs.org.

The camp offers young people three starting dates for two-week day programs. Programs are designed either for middle school students, ages 10 to 13, or high school students, ages 14-17.

The start dates for the two programs offered for middle school students are June 17 and July 22. The start date for the two-week program for high school students is July 8. Camp runs each day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Middle school students will engage in indoor and outdoor hands-on activities exploring topics ranging from the physics of flight to the arrangement of the solar system. High school students will explore career possibilities in aviation, which range from piloting to air traffic control and aircraft maintenance to aerospace engineering.

All participants will log time on the Aviation Museum’s professional grade Elite Flight Simulator. Field trips vary per session, but include a behind-the-scenes tour of Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, a visit to the New Hampshire Air National Guard base at Portsmouth International Airport at Pease and a visit to the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center and Planetarium.

Most camp activities will take place at the Aviation Museum, which is located next to Runway 17-35 at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport. Flights of Discovery will be run by experienced education professionals and volunteers.

Tuition is $1,100 for a two-week day camp program. Financial aid and tuition scholarships are available to all students who qualify and can cover up to 75 percent of the cost.

“We’ve designed the Flights of Discovery summer camp program to be the best experience possible, but no one should be turned away by an inability to pay,” Losch said. “I encourage families to ask about financial assistance so that all students can have what may be a life-changing experience.”

The Flights of Discovery summer camp program is sponsored in part by Connection, a New Hampshire-based Fortune 1000 company and leading IT solutions provider.

For more information and to apply, visit aviationmuseumofnh.org and click on the “Education” tab.

The Aviation Museum, a non-profit organization based in the 1937 art deco passenger terminal at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, is dedicated to preserving the Granite State’s rich aviation past, and also inspiring today’s students to become the aviation pioneers of tomorrow.

Named the ‘Best Place to Take Kids’ in Southern N.H. in 2024 for the fourth year in a row in the annual Hippo Reader’s Poll, the Aviation Museum is open to the public Fridays and Saturdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sundays 1 to 4 p.m. Admission is $10 age 13 and up; $5 ages 6 to 13, seniors 65 and over, active/retired military; kids 5 and under free.

The Aviation Museum is located at 27 Navigator Rd., off Harvey Road, in Londonderry. For more information, visit www.aviationmuseumofnh.org or call 603-669-4820.