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EAA Young Eagles
Program
EAA members understand that the
imagination of a child is boundless. That is why EAA's Young Eagles
Program has captured the attention of nearly 500,000 young people and opened
their eyes to infinite possibilities through flight. By the year 2003,
the centennial of the Wright brothers' first flight and the 50th anniversary of
EAA, one million children will receive a motivational airplane flight and
experience a "cockpit laboratory" like none they have imagined.
The enthusiasm that comes from flight is shared at no cost with these young
people by more than 22,000 dedicated volunteer pilots and thousands of ground
support volunteers.
 Most participants are EAA
members who generously volunteer flight time, skills and knowledge to make each
journey an individualized experience. Young Eagles flights have benefited
inner-city youth, physically-challenged students, and boys and girls of every
race, color and creed.
The program's success has been overwhelming. These Young Eagles are
enthusiastic and full of questions. Their exposure to new horizons has
sparked their curiosity about the "next steps" and their future
direction in aviation or other positive paths. Calls to EAA from all
over the country about the "next steps" prompted a survey of
thousands of students, parents, teachers and pilots. The results
reinforced aviation's unprecedented educational opportunities, including the
development of applications for math and science classrooms. Fascination,
curiosity and motivation are exactly the outcomes we hoped for with the Young
Eagles Program.
EAA Chapter 282 is a proud participant in the Young Eagles program and sponsors
several Young Eagle's events throughout the year in conjunction with our
Pancake Breakfast Fly-Ins at Clearwater Airpark. To date we have flown well
over 1,000 young boys and girls and look forward to many more flights in the
future. To find out when our next event is please check our
Chapter Events page for more information.
You can also contact our Young Eagles Coordinator via email at:
yecoordinator@eaa282.org
Young Eagles Documentation
Young Eagles Brochure
Young Eagles Registration Form
Check it Out! Our Young Eagles Video
Young Eagles Video Filmed in 2006 By Dennis Roper
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