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| Alexis Park Inn & Suites |
| 1165 S. Riverside Drive |
| Iowa City, Iowa 52246 |
| Toll Free: 888-9ALEXIS |
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(888-925-3947) |
| Local: 319 337-8665 |
| Fax: 319 351-4102 |
| Email:AlexisParkInn@mchsi.com |
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| It's probably safe to say that we're the only hotel in America with a full-sized flight simulator for the free use of our guests. Conceived as a prototype for three flight simulators to be built as part of an aviation exhibit at The Iowa Children's Museum, construction on "The Kiwi" began in October 2006, and was completed in January 2007. Then, in February of 2008, we saw "Version 2.0" of the flight simulator created -- our 2-place "Penguin"! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| With a 104" projection screen and a second 20" flat panel devoted to displaying the aircraft instruments, our "Penguin" (or "flightless bird", named by its co-creator, Keith Roof) is the most realistic rendition of flight available for under $10K. With it we can set you up at your home airport, in any aircraft of your choosing, in any weather conditions. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Practice an instrument approach to minimums, or fly aerobatics over the Grand Canyon -- either scenario is easily arranged -- free of charge! Only at the Alexis Park Inn & Suites. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2/28/08 The Penguin has arrived! Keith and Jim have continued development of the original Kiwi concept, and in February 2008 introduced their latest rendition, christened "The Penguin". Now a TWO-place simulator, the Penguin allows a pilot/co-pilot arrangement that will be much better for the Children's Museum staff to handle. (Twice the kids per "ride") It's also a lot more fun to share the experience! Utilizing everything we learned with our original "Kiwi" (shown at the bottom of this page), the Penguin is much more ergonomically correct, without sharp edges and uprights to bang your knees on. We will "acid test" it at the Inn for several months, using unsuspecting hotel guests as "guinea pigs" to help Keith and Jim de-bug the rig. Once perfected with input from our experience, they will build EIGHT of the final, truly "kid-proof" versions for the Iowa Children's Museum, for the aviation exhibit that is slated to open in June of 2009. Here are a few pix of our son, Joe, testing out the new Penguin:
Here are some pix of our first simulator, the original Kiwi in action:
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