TuesdayJuly 31, 2012

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Sally Ride leaves legacy of inspiration

Former NASA astronaut Sally Ride passed away last week, seventeen months after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. She is survived by numerous friends and colleagues who remember her as an inspiration for future generations. NASA admin-istrator and former shuttle astronaut Charles Bolden explains how, as America’s first female astronaut, “…[she] literally changed the face of America’s space program. The nation has lost one of its finest leaders, teachers and explorers. She will be missed, but her star will always shine brightly.”

After earning four degrees from Stanford University including a doc-torate in physics, Sally Ride was inducted into the astronaut corps in 1978. Calling themselves “The Thirty-five New Guys”, the astro-naut class of ’78 was the first to include women and minorities. Her numerous other accomplishments not withstanding, Ride’s place in the his-tory books became assured on June 18th, 1983, when she became the first of the “New Guys” to fly into space aboard the orbiter Challenger. She would fly into space one more time in 1984 before leaving NASA in 1989 to accept a position at the University of California, San Diego as a professor of physics and director of the university’s Space Institute. During this time she served on Challenger Accident Investigation Board and served as a special assis-tant to the NASA administrator for long-range strategic planning. She briefly returned to NASA service in 2003 when asked to serve on the Columbia Accident Investigation Board.

In a profession where uncommon excellence is common, Sally Ride’s legacy stands out. Her passion and dedication, as a scientist, an astro-naut, and an educator make her a role model for anyone who dares to achieve great things.

Matthew EllengoldStaff Reporter

Remembering Sally Ride(5/26/51-7/23/12)

Pictures from NASA database

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A2 The Avion, July 31, 2012Campus

Executive BoardEditor-in-Chief

Alena Thompson

Managing EditorChris Heale

News EditorMegan Demmert

Business ManagerTim Campanaro

Photography EditorRichard Weakley

Advertising ManagerCarlos Mejillones

Editorial StaffFront Editor

Alena Thompson

Campus EditorMegan Demmert

SGA EditorJames Scott

Olympics EditorChris Heale

Richard Weakley

Entertainment EditorMegan Demmert

Comics EditorChris Heale Staff Members

Staff Reporters

Matthew Ellengold

The Avion is produced weekly during the fall and spring term, and bi-weekly during summer terms. The Avion is produced by a volunteer student staff. Student editors make all content, business and edi-torial decisions. The editorial opinions expressed in The Avion are solely the opinion of the under-signed writer(s), and not those of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the Student Government Association, the staff of The Avion, or the student body. Letters appearing in The Avion are those of the writer, identified at the end of the letter. Opinions expressed in the “Student Government” and “Student Life” sections are those of the identified writer. Letters may be submitted to The Avion for publica-tion, provided they are not lewd, obscene or libelous. Letter writers must confine themselves to less than 800 words. Letters may be edited for brevity and formatted to newspaper guidelines. All letters must be signed. Names may be withheld at the discretion of the Editor-in-Chief. The Avion is an open forum for student expression. The Avion is a division of the Student Government Association. The Avion is a member of the Associated Collegiate Press. The costs of this publication are paid by the Student Government Association and through advertising fees. The Avion distributes one free copy per person. Additional copies are $0.75. Theft of newspapers is a crime, and is subject to prosecution and Embry-Riddle judicial action. This newspaper and its con-tents are protected by United States copyright law. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, in print or electronically, without the expressed writ-ten consent of The Avion. Correspondence may be addressed to: The Avion Newspaper, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 600 S. Clyde Morris Blvd., Daytona Beach, Florida 32114. Physical office: John Paul Riddle Student Center, Room 110. Phone: (386) 226-6049. Fax: (386) 226-6727. E-mail: theavion@gmail.com.

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Nine ERAU programs earn scholar-team honors

Michael PierceERAU Athletics

KANSAS CITY, Mo. The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics announced the Scholar-Teams for the 2011-12 academic year, with nine Embry-Riddle intercollegiate athletic teams earn-ing recognition as Scholar-Teams. To be considered a scholar team, the team’s overall grade point average must be at least a 3.0 on a 4.0 scale as defined by the institution. The team grade point average includes all varsity student-athletes certi-fied as eligible.

Leading the way was the men’s ten-nis team who for the third year in a row posted the highest team grade point average of any ERAU athletic team with a 3.59. Three men’s tennis players earned a spot on the Capital One College Division Academic College Division All-American at-large team, includ-ing Chris Freeman (3.65, Aeronautical Science), Simon Felix (3.73, Air Traffic

Management) and Patrick Besch (3.60, Business Administration). In addition, Freeman and David Spennare (3.92, Business Administration) were named NAIA All-America Scholar-Athletes this year.

The women’s tennis team was second in the department with a 3.38 GPA, while women’s soccer followed close behind with a cumulative GPA of 3.32. Josefine Strom (3.57, Business Administration), Rocio Frej Vitalle (3.56, Aerospace Engineering) and Yi Ching Chen (3.54, Business Administration) were tennis NAIA All-America Scholar-Athletes, while Chen, Frej Vitalle and Kristina Marova (3.80, Business Administration) were named to the Capital One Academic College Division All-American at-large team. The women’s soccer team had three players recognized nationally for their academic accomplishments, includ-ing Bjorg Olafs (3.60, Civil Engineering) and Lauren Gallant (3.87, Aeronautical Science), who each were named to

Daktronics-NAIA All-America Scholar-Athletes. Martine Olsen garnered Capital One second team Academic All-America honors with a 3.90 GPA in Business Administration.

Eagle volleyball turned in a 3.26 GPA, while the women’s track & field team compiled a 3.22 GPA. Nina Kontrec was the lone All-America Scholar-Athlete honoree for volleyball, while Breanna Goring, Desiree River-Aquino, Beatrice Enckell and Julie Mayfield were tabbed as NAIA Scholar-Athletes in women’s track & field.

The men’s and women’s golf teams nearly tied in team GPA, with the men’s team recording a 3.20 and the women a 3.19. The men’s soccer team round-ed out the nine Eagle programs with a 3.01 team GPA. Matthias Klatt (3.71, Aviation Business Administration) and Tanapat Somprasong (3.77, Aerospace Engineering) were each named Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes for the second consecutive year.

Stegall hired as first-ever Daytona State head volleyball coach

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. The Daytona State College Falcons are starting a wom-en’s volleyball program that will begin play in the fall of 2013, and they have selected Embry-Riddle Volleyball Assistant Coach Laura Stegall as their first-ever head coach.

I just want to congratulate Laura on her new position and thank her for all of her help over the past two seasons,Gallop said. I can’t think of somebody that would be better suited to start the program at Daytona State, and I’m excited that she’ll be inte-gral in bringing more volleyball to Volusia County. She was a great person to work with and will certainly be missed here at Embry-Riddle.

Stegall has spent the past two seasons as part of the ERAU volleyball coaching staff under Head Coach Joslynn Gallop after joining the Eagles in the summer of 2010. Stegall’s husband, Randy, has been the Eagles head baseball coach since 2007.

Stegall helped the Eagles to a 63-10 record during her two seasons at Embry-Riddle, including back-to-back trips to the

NAIA National Championship Final Site in Sioux City, Iowa, the first two times in program history that the Eagles advanced to the final site. The Blue and Gold also won The Sun Conference regular season cham-pionship and postseason tournament both years, compiling a 28-0 conference mark including playoffs.

I am grateful to Embry-Riddle, and par-ticularly, Joslynn Gallop, for giving me the opportunity to stay involved with coaching volleyball at the collegiate level, Stegall said. It has been a blessing to be around a great team and a wonderful coach in Gallop. I have learned a lot from the experience and appreciate and cherish the friendships that I have made at Embry-Riddle. I know that the volleyball program will continue to flourish and grow thanks to Gallop.

This is not the first time that Stegall has been tasked with building a program from the ground up. In 2004, the ath-letic administration at Indiana Institute of Technology hired Stegall as the school’s Wellness Director and ultimately selected her to launch its intercollegiate volleyball program. Her initial recruiting and coach-ing efforts translated into a 15-12 record in Indiana Tech’s inaugural season in 2005.

The following season saw Stegall lead the Warriors to a 28-9 overall mark and a third place finish in the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference, which afforded her WHAC Coach of the Year honors.

The volleyball program at Daytona State will begin play in the fall of 2013.

Michael PierceERAU Athletics

LAURA STEGALL JOINED THE Embry-Riddle volleyball coaching staff in the summer of 2010.

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A3The Avion,JULY 31, 2012 Student Government

My name is Damani Mitchell. I am a senior in Aerospace Engineering from Kingston, Jamaica. I have two older sis-ters and a younger brother. In my free time I enjoy trying new recipes, watch-ing Modern Family, Entourage and The legend of Korra, playing flight sim and chilling with friends. Spend any time with me and you’ll realize that I am a calm, patient person who lives by the mantra “Don’t sweat the small stuff”, and thinks balancing out school with meaningful fun and involvement is a healthy way to live.

I started at Embry-Riddle in Fall 2009 and got involved with Task Force One, the first year arm of the SGA, the Caribbean Students Association (CSA) and ERRSA, the Embry Riddle Resident Student Association. The wealth of knowledge gained and enjoyable experiences had in

those organizations have motivated me to stay very involved and encourage others to do the same.

On the SGA, I served as the Executive Board Secretary for 2011-2012 and am now proud to be beginning my service as the Housing and Residence Life rep-resentative of the Student Representative Board of the SGA. With my experience in working with housing, I hope to continue to bring housing and the SGA closer so as to share ideas on how to improve on-campus life as well as share resources. I also have event planning experience, and have organized an array of programs and events, such as the SGA Town Hall and the Council of Presidents. If you have any idea, comment or concern, feel free to contact me. I would love to hear your ideas for improving our campus.

Get to know your SGA

Damani Mitchell

Housing and Residence Life

SeniorAerospace Egr.

Jennifer Pavone is from Westchester County, New York and is currently a senior at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

Jennifer is working towards her Aeronautical Science degree with an Air Traffic Management minor. She is a licensed pilot with over 225 flight hours, who holds an Instrument Rating. She is currently working on her Commercial Multi-Engine license, and plans to get her certification as a flight instructor through Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

Jennifer has played an active role in the community for many years. She dedi-cated over five years of service for the United States Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol. In this program she took up many roles, including the first female Cadet Commander of her squadron.

Through CAP, she did many community service projects, and still works on them today. Jennifer is also part of the National Autism Alliance Research program as a team coordinator for charity and walks. Jennifer served as a member at large for the Student Government Association’s Progress Committee in Spring 2011. She decided to take her work to another level when joining the Student Representative Board for the College of Aviation. She is very proud of her school, and excited to serve and represent the student body!

Since a young age, Jennifer aspired to be a fighter pilot for the U.S. military because of her love for aviation and her country. Today, she still holds that same love for aviation. After she graduates she aspires to be an Air National Guard pilot for the United States Air Force.

Get to know your SGA

Jennifer Pavone

College of Aviation Representative

Senior Aeronautical Science

SGA sponsored projects for AMSThe Aviation Maintenance Science

building will be receiving a Student Government Association communication board and Avion paper news stand. The location of the new items will be in the

break room located on the second floor of the building. The Avion news stand will provide students the chance to stay current with campus stories and activities since many students spend their entire day in the building. The SGA communication board will give students the chance to post upcoming campus events, place adds, and

post what they feel is relevant for their fel-low students to see. The communication board and news stand should be up before the start of the 2012 fall semester.

If you have ideas on new locations around campus where you would like to see additional Avion news stands or SGA communication boards please stop by the

SGA office suite 104 in the John Paul Riddle Student Center.

Also, if there are any other suggestions you have for the SGA, please feel free to fill out a suggestion form or stop by the office. A lot of projects that are underway are student’s ideas. We like to see those ideas become a reality. What’s yours?

Solomon NaderStudent Representative

THIS IS THE WALL where the Aviation Maintenance Science communication bulletin board would appear. The location for the board is on the third floor of the building. This space is frequently visited by students in the AMS program.

SOLOMON NADER / STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

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A4 The Avion, July 31, 2012Olympics

2012 Olympics begin in London

Artistic Gymnastics has been an event at every Summer Olympic Games since the beginning of the Olympics at the 1896 Olympics in Athens. It wasn’t for another thirty-two years that women were allowed to compete in gymnastics events alongside the men. Rhythmic gymnastics was intro-duced as an event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, CA. Trampoline gymnastic events were only added twelve years ago at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Some of the men’s gymnastics events include floor exercise, parallel bars, rings, and the vault. Women’s events include the balance beam, floor exercise, uneven bars, and more. Russia ranks number one in gymnastics with a total of 182 medals. The United States ranks number second, but

falls far behind with only 95 medals. This summer in London, artistic, rhyth-

mic, and trampoline gymnastics will be contested .The U.S. Women’s Team fea-tures Gabby Douglas of Virginia Beach, Va., McKayla Maroney of Long Beach, Cali., Aly Raisman of Needham, Mass., Kyla Ross of Aliso Viejo, Calif., Jordyn Wieber of DeWitt, Mich., and more. The members of the U.S. Men’s Team include Jake Dalton of Reno, Jonathan Horton of Houston, Danell Leyva of Miami. Sam Mikulak of Newport Coast, Calif, John Orozco of the Bronx.

The artistic gymnastics events will be held at the North Greenwich Arena on July 28 through August 7. The rhythmic gym-nastics events will be held at the Wembley Arena on August 9 through August 12. The trampoline events will be held at the North Greenwich Arena on August 3 through August 4.

Megan DemmertNews Editor

THE USA GYMNASTICS TEAM are in high spirits following a succesful trials. Both the mens and womens teams will be trying to emulate the success of 2008. .

Photo Courtesy Dilip Vishwanat / Getty Images

Russia dominates in Gymnastics

Jamaica’s fastest man on earthTrack and field forms the core of the

Olympic games and dates all the way back to the first games in Greece in 776 BC. The US has a proud history in the series of events with 776 overall medals, the high-est total of any nation in the world.

The glamor sport in the series is the 100m foot race. Although the race only lasts a matter of seconds, it draws a huge following and has produced some of the most iconic athletes in Olympic his-tory. The favorite for this years games is undoubtedly the charismatic Usain Bolt. Jamaican Bolt set the world alight at Beijing in 2008, having won three gold medals and setting two world records. This began a period of three year’s of dominance in both the 100 and 200m, with him setting new world records again in 2009.

His light-hearted and playful personal-ity won the hearts of fans and has made him a icon and role model to sprinters everywhere.

However things have not gone too well for him recently. Bolt was disqualified from the 2011 World championship for a false start and was beaten twice by in three weeks by rival Jamaican Yohan Blake at the Olympic trials.

The greatest hope for the US is Tyson Gay, who appears healthy having been plagued by injuries since 2008. Since then he has gone from strength to strength and defeated Bolt in Stockholm in 2010.

Along with a potential injury to Bolt, the 100m could be one of the most excit-ing and closely contested gold medals of the games.

The mens 100m races take place on Aug. 4 and 5. with the womens on Aug 3 and 4. The 200m races take place from Aug. 7 to 9 with the womens from Aug 6. to 8.

USAIN BOLT IS hoping to repeat his performances from Beijing in 2008. Having won gold in three events and setting two world records.

Photo courtesy globaleduc.wordpress.com

Christopher HealeManaging Editor

Photo courtesy/ REUTERS Pawel Kopczynski

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A5The Avion, July 31, 2012 OLYMPICS

2012 London Olympics events map

IMAGE CREDIT: 2012-london-olympics-news.com

The Olympic rowing will take place between July 28 and Aug. 4 at Eton Dorney Rowing Center near Windsor, which features eight lanes and 22000 meters of water ways. In a sport which has being dominated by Great Britain of late, this could be seen as the year row-ing comes home.

In all, eight different events make up the Olympic sport of rowing, rang-ing from pairs to eights, with cox and coxless variations. 14 medals will be contested in total with 353 men and 197 women competing.

British Legend Sir Steven Redgrave stands out as one of the greatest in the sport following five consecutive gold medals in five games ranging from 1984 – 2000. His team mate Matthew Pinsent was equally prolific with four golds in four games.

However, even with their retirement, the British are favourites again as no Team GB boat has finished outside the top 10 in 2011.

Germany is another strong contender in the men’s eights. Following a disap-pointing showing in Beijing they have since gone undefeated and collected

gold medals in the last three world championships.

Equally as Germany are favourites in the mens, the USA are favourites in the women’s eight. They go into the Olympics following five world champi-onship wins and 2008 gold medallists.

In the womens pair, New Zeland duo Juliette Haigh and Rebecca Scown will face stiff competition from another British pair Helen Glover and Heather Stanning. In their last face off in 2011 the Kiwi’s pipped them to the gold by just .08 of a second over the 2,000 meter race. Setting up what could be another tense rush to the line for the gold medal.

Olympic RowingChristopher HealeManaging Editor

London MascotsThe official mascots for the 2012 London

Summer Olympics and Paralymics are Wenlock and Mandeville.

The fictional story associated with the mascots is that they were formed from the steel of the last girder of the Olympic Stadium in London. Their skins are highly polished so that they reflect the appearance and personali-ties of the people they meet.

Wenlock’s name comes from Much Wenlock, a small town in England where the Wenlock games started. The Wenlock

games inspired Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympics, to create the Olympic games. The shape of his head is similar to the shape of the roof of the Olympic Stadium, the focal point of the games.

Mandeville’s name comes from the Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England. Dr. Ludwig Guttmann from the hospital setup a spi-nal unit to help former soldiers with spi-nal cord injuries. To inspire his patients, Dr. Guttman worked to organize the Stoke Mandeville Games, the forerunner of the modern Paralympic games.

Richard WeakleyPhotography Editor

IMAGE CREDIT: LONDON2012.COM IMAGE CREDIT: DAILYMAIL.CO.UK

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A6 The Avion,JULY 31, 2012Classifieds

from the Flight Department to the following students for receiving their:

Congratulations

Private Pilot Certificate:

Andrew Avery WatsonBrandon Giuseppe Daniele

Kyle John CorbettDevin Mitchell WebberZachary David BonyngeDaniel Edward Ingram

Instrument Rating Certificate:

Jjoshua Walter ChaneyKahlil Xavier Benjamin

Lara CroceChristopher Lee Marcols

Kevin Michael GrossJong Hwa Park

Yaser Ahmed N AlqahtaniAdam Alexander Allgaier

Commercial Pilot Certificate:

Benjamin David BreitbergJamar Ray Chambers

Oleg Nikolayevich SendzyukMatthew Alexander Kress

Christopher Francis DalboraTayloR Justin CelliniJohn Houston Davis

Matthew Edward SilversteinBrett Curtis BuskeSeunghwan Chung

Babak Jeremiah Gilbert

Commercial Muliengine Add-On Rating:

Ian Philip GebbieJeffrey Thomas Owen

Commercial Single Engine Add-On Rating:

Louis Gabriel ZellKathleen Elizabeth CroneElkan Bernardo Furtado

Flight Instructor Airplane Certificate:

Simon Jae Yoon ChungGregory Adam BaylisAustin Joseph Richter

Justin Time DahanMatthew Christopher Ippolito

Minh Van DoanMichael Raymond Welch

Erich MarkUs Etter

Flight Instructor Instrument Certificate:

Blake Anthony DitlowDavid Mcknight Carter

Flight Instructor Instrument Certificate:

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A7The Avion, July 31, 2012 Entertainment

The “Ice Age” gang is back in the witty and handsomely animated “Ice Age: Continental Drift.” This fourth edition to the ten-year-old Ice Age franchise was co-directed by Steve Martino and Michael Thurmeier. Surely an improvement over the third edition, “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs,” Continental Drift features a big Broadway inspired number involving pirates and new characters voiced by celebrities like Drake, Jennifer Lopez, and Nicki Minaj.

Manny the wooly mammoth, voiced by Ray Romano, and his stubborn ado-lescent daughter Peaches, voiced by Keke Palmer, dispute over her dating, hunky and popular Ethan, voiced by

Drake. Wanda Sykes makes an appear-ance as the voice of Sid the Sloths, delirious and hysterical, Granny. Without Granny, the movie would have lost much of its humor and charm. Diego, the tough saber tooth tiger, voiced by Denis Leary, is just as lonely as ever as he questions whether being a bachelor without a family is really what he wants.

In the beginning of the movie, Sid,

accurately summarizes the film as well as the rest of the franchise when he says, “It didn’t make sense, but it sure was exciting.” Much like the unreal-istic take on the age of the dinosaurs in the third edition, this fourth edition portrays the movement of the Earth’s continents as an instantaneous event where mountains start crumbling, and icebergs break apart within seconds. The destruction leaves Manny, Sid,

Diego, and senile Granny stranded on an iceberg in the middle of the ocean, where they are intercepted by pirates.

Although distorted and unreal, the plotline in, “Ice Age: Continental Drift,” is full life lessons about love, family, and friendship. Even though the franchise is winding down, there are still plenty of laughs to keep par-ents and children of all ages enter-tained.

Megan DemmertNews Editor

Ice Age: Continental Drift a cool addition to the franchise

THE ICE AGE gang is back in the busy and hansomely animated fourth edition of the Ice Age franchise.Photo courtesy of www.ta2zgamereviews.com

Ice Age: Continental Drift

Zoom Air’s “Point Break” Adventure OpensAna Mancheno

Zoom Air Orlando, LLC

Daytona Beach, Florida - July 25, 2012 - Those who already have tried Zoom Air Daytona Beach’s tree-top adventure park and are waiting for more need wait no longer. Point Break, the most extreme section of Zoom Air’s courses at the Daytona Beach park, is completed and opens to the public Thursday, July 26.

Point Break adds 16 games to the adventure, including four more zip lines — two of them being 500 feet long — reaching a maximum height of around 55 feet. According to Mike Smith, co-owner of Zoom Air Daytona Beach, LLC, this will go a long way to satisfying the need for eco-adventure, activity, and excitement Zoom Air is seeing in the customers who already have come to the attraction since it opened, less than two weeks ago.

Zoom Air Daytona Beach’s courses are built in the trees at Tuscawilla

Park, at the corner of Nova Road and International Speedway Boulevard.

Olivier Petit, Zoom Air’s other owner, has been at the park every day since Zoom Air opened there. “It’s been great!” he said. “I’ve been meeting so many fun people from the Daytona Beach area, and visitors here on vacation. It is satisfying to work hard at making something like this, and seeing people have so much fun with it.”

Visitors at least 54” tall now can enjoy 52 games up in the trees, including 12 zip lines. The course is designed to graduate in height and challenge. Admission is avail-able for just the first two courses, the Lagoon and the Reef ($20.95), or for all three ($29.95), including the new Point Break. This is special, introduc-tory pricing for visitors coming now through September 30, to encourage people who are on vacation and fami-lies not dealing with school schedules to come try the newest adventure in town. A family package and group pricing are also available.

Now that all of the courses are open, Zoom Air Daytona Beach will be making plans for a grand opening and setting up their special programs, which will include birthday parties and corporate and school outings. The attraction is open seven days a week,

9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.The Zoom Air courses at Tuscawilla

Park were built by Treetop Adventure Concept, the Sanford, Florida-based company that built Zoom Air’s cours-es at the Central Florida Zoo. With over 15 years of global experience, Treetop Adventure Concept is the industry leader in building aerial adventure courses. Zoom Air oper-ates the attraction at Tuscawilla Park

under a contract with the City of Daytona Beach.

Zoom Air was founded in 2009 to provide families, corporate groups, students, and tourists a matchless eco-adventure. ZOOm Air Orlando, the company’s first treetop adven-ture park, has been operating at the Central Florida Zoo since May, 2009. Additional information is available at www.zoomair.us.

Photo courtesy of www.zoomair.us.

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