I attended Mach III in Alabama during June of 1999

maverick · Post by **maverick** » Mon Apr 29, 2002 10:51 pm

Hello forum goers,

I attended Mach III in Huntsville Alabama during June 14-18 or in June 7-11 in 1999,
my counselor was Captain America (blond former Navy guy, I remember his first name was Scott) aka Skeletor. Our team was the Black Panthers.

I found this site through yahoo.com.

Boomerang · Post by **Boomerang** » Wed May 01, 2002 11:43 pm

I went to Mach 3 then known as Intermediate in July 1998. I honestly never thought i'd go to aviation challenge. The only reason i went was beause i wanted to go back to space camp and couldnt afford Academy Level 2 at the time so i went to Aviation challenge. I thought i'd be way out of my league being mainly a space person but i'm so happy i went i loved every minute of it. The counselors were great the team was great and it was one of the best weeks i can remember however i still have to say it ranks second to advanced space academy.

maverick · Post by **maverick** » Thu May 02, 2002 4:47 am

Jason-

where did you go, Alabama or California?

Boomerang · Post by **Boomerang** » Thu May 02, 2002 1:37 pm

I went to the alabama Aviation Challenge.

Space Nerd · Post by **Space Nerd** » Thu May 02, 2002 10:06 pm

I will be going to AC in june do you have any advice for me?

Boomerang · Post by **Boomerang** » Thu May 02, 2002 10:27 pm

Well the only piece of advice i can think of right now concerns escape and evasion. I dont know if they still do it where they did in 96 i heard they moves it but if you do it on the opposite side if the lake from the main AC building watch out for the ravins in the woods its not too big but i found it he hard way.

maverick · Post by **maverick** » Fri May 03, 2002 11:45 am

Space Nerd-

Make sure you bring sweatshirts and sweatpants, its going to be cold in those rooms. I mean, its basically Siberia inside those rooms at night! There is nothing you could do about it!

Also DO NOT RUN while in E&E- the thorns are three inches long. Use the crawl to move yourself.

Bring ski gloves or gloves of a similar toughness for E&E
training- that way while crawling you will be able to feel for the thorns.

Use your ears in E&E- these are your eyes in the darkness.

During E&E - when in doubt, do not move. If a counselor is so close to you, do not move a single bit.

I also know for a fact that Mach II's E&E is not the same as the one for Mach III - this was a point emphasized by our counselors.

If you are wearing glasses, have the eyeglass store make you a pair with totally black (not preferred, it silhouettes you at night ) or dark blue frames (what is called 'athletic glasses'). Look at photos of Marines or Army people with glasses in field training.

If you wear other types the counselor will tell you to put those away because they shine and reveal your camouflage (at least that is what happened to me).

monkeynautt · Post by **monkeynautt** » Wed May 08, 2002 8:38 am

What was your favorite part of Mach III?

maverick · Post by **maverick** » Wed May 08, 2002 12:36 pm

My favorite part was E&E and patrolling, sims were not all that great in my opinion (if only I had more practice earlier, I would have enjoyed it more)

orion8 · Post by **orion8** » Wed May 08, 2002 2:09 pm

AC sounds like so much fun! maybe i'll go next year along w/ ASA.

Boomerang · Post by **Boomerang** » Wed May 08, 2002 5:30 pm

Their were alot of good things about AC. Escape and evasion was alot of fun. The sims were also good. and you have more freedom their overall it doesnt stick to a schedule as much and gives you more free time to swim, flirt or whatever. Heck even the food was decent except for the fact you had the same thing for lunch every day at AC. You dont eat lunch at the space camp cafeteria you eat it in the ward room over at the AC area. And every day you get a choice of Hamburgers, hot dogs or grilled chicken. The other meals are eaten at thte space camp cafeteria.

maverick · Post by **maverick** » Wed May 08, 2002 8:48 pm

Jason-

When I was there we ate all our meals (breakfast and lunch) in the cafeteria.

Boomerang · Post by **Boomerang** » Wed May 08, 2002 11:08 pm

Well when i went we ate breakfast and dinner at the cafeteria and lunch at the ac area. And the food was better at the ac area.

maverick · Post by **maverick** » Fri May 10, 2002 4:36 am

I remember the food at the cafeteria- it was mostly good- the best thing is you could drink as much soda as you wanted. Also in the cafeteria are the biggest strawberries I have ever seen (I did not eat those- such obviously genetically engineered foods scared me!).

Boomerang · Post by **Boomerang** » Fri May 10, 2002 12:45 pm

Well either the foiod has improved since the last time i went in 98 or i just must be picky about food. I'll admit it was better than cafeteria food in high school though.

orion8 · Post by **orion8** » Fri May 10, 2002 2:02 pm

pizza everyday at ASA!

Boomerang · Post by **Boomerang** » Thu Jun 13, 2002 1:25 pm

When i was their in 96 before they remodeled the cafeteria they offered a continental breakfast on the saide. Thats what i always got it sure beat the runny eggs and meteorits sausages with hockey puck pancakes.

I attended Mach III in Alabama during June of 1999

I attended Mach III in Alabama during June of 1999

Where did you go, Alabama or California?

Advice for AC