EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — Aspiring pilots can kickstart their aviation journey with a week of free webinars from the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA).
Learn to Fly Week returns May 13-18, 2024, with 15 free webinars. New topics for 2024 include getting started with helicopters, aircraft options for flight training, and training with FAA-approved flight simulators. All webinars are free to attend, but online pre-registration is required, according to EAA officials.
The week concludes on Saturday, May 18, with EAA Flying Start programs held at numerous EAA chapters throughout the country. At those locations, prospective pilots can connect with the local aviation community, discover flight training opportunities available in their area, and take a free introductory Eagle Flight as part of EAA’s program for adults that connects them with aviation resources.
“Learning to fly can seem like a daunting task at first,” said David Leiting, EAA Eagles Program Manager, “but EAA’s Learn to Fly Week will help the dream remain larger than any hurdles.”
For more information: EAA.org/LTFWeek.
The focus needs to be on lowering the cost of flying and the cost of aircraft ownership, why the EAA was originally founded. The cost of flying can be lowered by the aggressive promotion of mogas as a low-cost, lead-free fuel available at thousands of sellers. The EAA spearheaded the STCs for Mogas under farsighted founder Paul Poberezny. Lower cost of flying should also focus on things like home-building, scratch-built R/C aircraft (to teach building skills), soaring (start at age 14, lower costs), and Part 103 ultralights. The EAA should advocate for two-seat Part 103 ultralights, which would spurn on the UL industry and UL flight schools as in their heyday before the LSA rulings eliminated two-seat ULs, a bad decision.