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Thunderbird Jets and Allegiant Stadium
Learn how U.S. Air Force Thunderbird jets fly so fast and how Allegiant Stadium was built.
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SEASON 2: EPISODE 1 | Airdate: 7/9/2021
Explore how the F-16 Fighting Falcon jet flies so fast with the help of the U.S. Air Force Thunderbird Team. Then, engineers from McCarthy Building Companies and Kimley-Horn explain the math involved in building Allegiant Stadium.
Investigate each topic further through interactive at-home STEAM challenges and book talks with librarians from the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District.
Episode Guests
- Major Michael “Thorny” Brewer, Pilot, U.S.A.F. Thunderbirds
- TSgt Jonathan DiMaggio, Quality Assurance Inspector, U.S.A.F. Thunderbirds
- TSgt Joshua Metzger, Aircrew Flight Equipment Flight Chief, U.S.A.F. Thunderbirds
- SSgt Kayla Stennis, Aircrew Flight Equipment NCOIC, , U.S.A.F. Thunderbirds
- SSgt Ryan Jackson, Thunderbird 4 Assistant Dedicated Crew Chief, U.S.A.F. Thunderbirds
- Jody Belsick, Civil Engineer, Kimley-Horn
- Paul Dudzinski, Project Executive, McCarthy Building Companies
- Bailey Ruff, Project Manager, McCarthy Building Companies
- Marisa Eytalis, Librarian, Las Vegas-Clark County Library District
- Joanna Goddard, Librarian, Las Vegas-Clark County Library District
- Carter, Student
- Royce, Student
Books Featured
- Airplanes: Soaring! Turning! Diving! by Patricia Hubbell
- Spinning Blimp: Beginning-Level Paper Airplanes by Marie Buckingham
- Needle Nose! Advanced-Level Paper Airplanes by Marie Buckingham
- Space Bomber!Expert-Level Paper Airplanes by Marie Buckingham
- Iggy Peck, Architect by Andrea Beaty
- The Illustrated Atlas of Architecture and Marvelous Monuments by Alexandre Verhille and Sarah Tavernier
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