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Youth Aviation Club learns aircraft maintenance

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Santa Ynez Valley youth who participate in the Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 491 Youth Aviation Club will have the opportunity to learn about required annual inspections performed on general aviation aircraft at their monthly meeting Oct. 21 at Santa Ynez Valley Airport in California.

Conducting the class is Robert “Captain Bob” Perry, a commercial pilot and former flight instructor with 40 years aviation experience, who is the owner of and a certified repairman on his experimental light-sport Arion Lightning LS-1 aircraft. [Read more…]

Into the wild blue yonder

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By TED LUEBBERS

A group of young folks came to Leesburg International Airport (KLEE) in Leesburg, Florida, Oct. 7, 2017, to take flight for the first time as part of the Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 534 Young Eagles day.

At 9 a.m. cars with kids and adult leaders from the “Dads for a Day” program based in the Villages, Florida, and others pulled into the parking lot in front of the EAA hangar at the Leesburg Airport. They all seemed excited to get into an airplane and head off into the wild blue yonder. [Read more…]

From Young Eagle to Young Eagles Leadership Award winner

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OSHKOSH, Wis. – Phillips 66 Aviation revealed at this year’s EAA AirVenture that Eric Whyte of South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is the winner of the Young Eagles Leadership Award.

Whyte’s holds the distinction of being the first individual to transition from Young Eagle to Young Eagles volunteer pilot. He took his first Young Eagles flight on Aug. 5, 1992, and has been active in multiple capacities with the EAA for the past 25 years. To date he’s flown nearly 600 Young Eagles. [Read more…]

Young Eagles partners with the legendary Stan Lee

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EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) is teaming with The Stan Lee Foundation, a public charity promoting literacy, education, and the arts, to promote EAA’s Young Eagles program and encourage education and exploration for young people in all areas of aviation and aeronautics.

Stan Lee, the legendary creator of such comic-book heroes as Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, and the X-Men, attended EAA AirVenture Oshkosh July 27-29, 2017, to help kickoff the partnership. [Read more…]

Osh for a Cause fundraiser to benefit Young Eagles

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Precise Flight and GlobalParts.aero are partnering to host Osh for a Cause, a benefit for the Experimental Aircraft Association’s (EAA) Young Eagles program July 25 during EAA AirVenture 2017.

Osh for a Cause will feature celebrity pilots and the opportunity for fans to connect with their favorite aviator while supporting youth in aviation. The event will include aviators such as the Aeroshell Aerobatic Team, Allison Leeward, Deon Mitton and Jessica Bauman. [Read more…]