Campers visit the great planes at Bob Hope Airport

Wearing Southwest Airlines ground crew equipment, 6-year-old Emmy De Oliveira learns how to guide an airplane using a person during the Robert Gross Park Camp visit to the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank. Sixty-five children visited the airport's fire station and learned about airport careers.

By Maria Hsin, <i><a href=”mailto:maria.hsin@latimes.com”>maria.hsin@latimes.com</a></i>

July 20, 2012 4:29 PM PT

Children from Robert Gross Park Camp once again visited the Burbank Bob Hope Airport fire station to learn about careers at the airport.

Southwest Airlines, Atlantic Aviation, Million Air and the TSA participated in the Thursday event, which drew 65 campers. The children learned how to guide planes into gates, got splashed with water from a fire truck, and saw how public safety officials prepare for emergencies.

The children also looked inside a luxury jet, got an up-close look at a police helicopter and watched aircraft take off from the tarmac.