Top of the evening, YOWzers! By now everyone should be safely back on the ground after a morning of exploring all that Sugar Ray and the Aviation and Space Museum has to offer.
This morning’s workout featured a variety of movements as well as more cool facts about Aviation and Space than one might ever expect to learn at a 6:29am workout. A big thank you to Rebecca for putting this one together – working brains and bodies at the same time AND a distinct lack of black ice threatening your safety at every attempt to do some form of cardio?! What more could you ask for?
For those who were not with us this morning, or for those just wanting to brush up on their aviation knowledge, here are some of the fun facts we learned this morning while squatting, planking, mountain climbing, lunging, burpee-ing, and much more…
Q: How many aircraft are on display inside the museum?
A: 64 (and you’re not supposed to touch ANY of them)
Q: The Hot Air Balloon was invented by the Montgolfier brothers in 1782. How many Montgolfier brothers were there?
A: 2 – Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Etienne.
Q: For an aircraft to fly, there must be a balance between how many invisible forces?
A: 4 – Lift/Weight, Thrust/Drag (some experts say these same forces are at play when trying to get out of bed in the morning)
Q: Canadarm was launched into space for the first time on November 12, 1981, aboard Space Shuttle Columbia. How many Canadarms were made in total?
A: 5
Q: Flying polar routes through Canadian airspace reduces greenhouse gas emissions by how many tonnes every year?
A: 600 000 (we totally did 600,000 burpees for this one)
Q: During WWII, what percentage of British Commonwealth Air Training was completed in Canada?
A: 40%
Q: The Edmonton flight info region manages airspace over the Yukon, NWT, Nunavut, Alberta and some of BC and Sask. How many Transpolar flights do they cover per day?
A: 50 (not including Santa’s annual travels)
Q: At what speed (in km/sec) does the International Space Station orbit the Earth?
A: 8 km/sec
Q: How many Canadian Astronauts have there been?
A: 9 (more like 25 if you count all of us)
There you have it, folks. Thanks for reading, for showing up, for sharing your mornings and your smiles. T-6 days until we do it all again!
Sole-fully,
Rebecca & Becca
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
- Meet us next week for the second stop in Museum Month…. the Museum of Nature!
- We’re already getting ready for NP Summit 2022 – more info here!
- Winter isn’t over yet… get your buffs! $5 for style and function all rolled into one.
- Something about dogs.
