EAA YOUNG EAGLES; Saturday, May 9th, 2009!
EAA Young Eagles May 9th: Lots of Happy Kids!!
We had a great day flying at our Young Eagles Rally. The weather was mostly cooperative and we flew about 85 young people for their first time. You have to be there to fully understand the happiness and excitement this brings to these kids. There are now many Young Eagle Certificates tacked to bedrooms walls all around town and new dreams about flying planes and helicopters!
Thanks to all the members of East Hill and EAA 811 that flew or helped out at the learning stations or on the ramp. The coordination and set-up was superb this year. The food from Wings Over Ithaca was also very good. There were many smiles all around and we made lots of friends in our community. Watch for an Ithaca Journal article on Dave Stern later this week (the one that was supposed to precede and promote this event!) Thank-you also to Doug Lewis and Ithaca ATC for their fantastic support through-out this event and to Taughannock Aviation for the $.30 a gallon fuel discount and waiving the landing fees. Thanks also to member Laura Jones and the other CAP people provided excellent support with parking. (Pictures by Larry Baum, Mike Newman, D.St.G.)
WOW! *FREE* First Flight for all individuals AGE 8-17: May 8th, 2010!
At East Hill Flying Club on the Ithaca Airport, 9-3 (607-257-1313)
Bell 47 Helicopter and sport planes on display!
Send in this form or come by and register at the show!
We want to get you flying!
There will be exciting "pilot learning centers;"
simulators, weather, navigation, and pre-flight
East Hill Flying Club in conjunction with EAA Chapter 811 will be holding a
Young Eagles Rally as part of their Open House May 8th, 2010 the Saturday before Mother's Day.
EAA member pilots from both organizations will be offering free airplane
rides to kids between the ages of 8 and 17 years old. These pilots volunteer
their airplane and time as part of the Young Eagles program, a program designed
to stir interest in aviation among the younger generation.
1.4 million kids world-wide have been flown since the inception of the Young
Eagles program just over ten years ago. See this link!
Not sure? Reluctant parents should read this article!
Food and beverages will be available for sale
from Wings Over Ithaca! (a perfect aviation match)
Comments or questions?
or call us at (607) 257-1313.
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