High Adventure: 908 helps dreams take wing Published May 21, 2010 By Gene H. Hughes 908th Airlift Wing MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, ALA. -- About 200 fourth- and fifth-grade students from Flowers Elementary and the Bear Exploration Center took part in Aerospace Adventures Day recently, getting an up-close look at life at Maxwell Air Force Base. The event was organized by the Montgomery chapter of the Air Force Association and the Civil Air Patrol and designed to promote math and science education through exposure to the aerospace industry. The youngsters took part in a scavenger hunt at the air park, a tour of the air traffic control tower, a presentation by "Orville and Wilbur Wright," given by costumed Officer Training School candidates, and a tour of a C-130 Hercules at the 908th Airlift Wing. The students also engaged in games such as shooting "thumb rockets" and crafts, constructing "fun shuttles" from paper, balsa wood, a propeller and a rubber band.