by EAA | May 23, 2025 | EAA Young Eagles, Member Stories, Youth & Young Eagles
By Mathieu Labs, EAA Lifetime 678257, EAA Chapter 1710 President & Young Eagles Coordinator On the afternoon of Friday, April 11, I had the privilege of completing my 400th Young Eagles flight. It took place in my Cessna 172 with EAA Chapter 1710 and marked a...
by EAA | May 23, 2025 | EAA Young Eagles, Member Stories, Youth & Young Eagles
By Bob Hartunian, EAA 529299 Back in 2021 after the COVID-19 issues, our EAA Chapter 768 in Apple Valley, California, ran a Young Eagles rally on a Saturday morning. I flew down from Big Bear in my Zenith 701 to give a ride to whoever showed up. The ladies in charge...
by Emme Hornung | Mar 30, 2025 | EAA Young Eagles, Member Stories, youth, Youth & Young Eagles
Young Eagles rallies can be magical for a number of reasons, but a recent EAA Chapter 17 rally at KMNV in Tennessee seemed to have an extra bit of magic for two EAA members. When the June 2023 issue of EAA Sport Aviation found its way into the hands of young Denver,...
by EAA | Mar 21, 2025 | Chapters, EAA Young Eagles, Member Stories, workshop, youth, Youth & Young Eagles
By Mark Wiencek, EAA 96072 Here is an update about EAA Chapter 977, located in Lake City, Florida, on Cannon Creek Airpark (15FL). Although we have had great success with our Young Eagles rallies, we wanted to leverage our heated and air-conditioned chapter hangar for...
by EAA | Feb 28, 2025 | airplane building, Member Stories, Sling Aircraft, youth, Youth & Young Eagles, youth build
Story and photography by Devin Wilson In 2019, Naples Youth Aviation Project was launched by EAA Chapter 1067. Nineteen of us, including myself, joined as youth builders to construct a Sling 2 experimental aircraft. The entire project was funded solely through...
by EAA | Feb 16, 2025 | Chapters, EAA chapter, EAA Young Eagles, Member Stories, Youth & Young Eagles
Story and photos by Kelly Jeffries, EAA 660759 EAA Chapter 1067 in Naples, Florida, is a very active chapter focused on the future of aviation, and the cornerstone is our Young Eagles rallies held 11 months of the year. There have been six Ray Scholarships awarded...
