August 12, 2005
Science, Math, Bubble Gum, and Dreams
Two 13-year-old girls -- one in pigtails tied with pink and yellow ribbons -- sit at the controls in the mock cockpit of a 737 jet, watching the screen in front of them as they "fly" above Salt Lake City International Airport.
"OK, you can start looking for a runway now," instructs Manny Villalobos, a supervisor in the flight-simulation laboratory here at Westminster College.
"But I can't see anything," says Aimee Medsker, who just a half-hour earlier had pumped her
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