by Megan Esau | Mar 20, 2021 | airplane building, Chapters, Homebuilding, Member Stories, Milestones, solo, Youth & Young Eagles
December 29, 2016 – Congratulations to 16-year-old Declan Steinke, EAA 1112757, who soloed November 15 in the RV-12 Falcon 1 he helped build. Declan received his first Young Eagles flight two years ago with Chapter 414 of Lake County, Illinois, and his mother said...
by Megan Esau | Mar 20, 2021 | Chapters, Member Stories, youth, Youth & Young Eagles
December 21, 2016 – Congratulations to Lt. Col. Kenneth Sines, EAA 453045, who flew his 1,800th Young Eagle at Chapter 677’s November 26 Young Eagles rally. Ken is heavily involved in his chapter’s Young Eagles program, having served as the coordinator for a number of...
by Megan Esau | Mar 20, 2021 | Member Stories, Milestones, solo, Warbirds, Youth & Young Eagles
December 15, 2016 – When he turned 16 on December 1, Tom Tippin had the opportunity to do something many aviators only dream of: He soloed a Piper J-3 Cub, a Stearman, and an AT-6 all in the same day. “It was exhilarating,” Tom said. “It was quite an undertaking and...
by EAA | Mar 20, 2021 | chapter, Chapters, flight training, learn to fly, Member Stories, Milestones, pilot, Why We Fly, young eagle, Youth & Young Eagles
By Owen Leipelt, EAA 1102131, EAA Chapter 62 Vice President December 1, 2016 – In 2013, when I was 13 years old, I took my first Young Eagles flight with pilot Tom Hail, Young Eagles coordinator at the Watsonville Airport (EAA Chapter 119, Watsonville, California) in...
by Katie Holliday-Greenley | Mar 20, 2021 | chapter, Chapters, Homebuilding, homebuilt, RV, RV-12, youth, Youth & Young Eagles
December 14, 2016 -Twenty-four high school students in Georgetown, Texas, are getting the opportunity to experience homebuilding firsthand thanks to the efforts of members of the local aviation community including high school teacher and pilot Dan Weyant. ”...
by Megan Esau | Mar 20, 2021 | air academy, Chapters, Member Stories, Milestones, sean d tucker, Youth & Young Eagles
February 8, 2017 – Congratulations to 17-year-old Nolan Hart, EAA 1139352, who successfully completed his checkride and became a private pilot on January 14. “Lifting off the ground for the first time in a small airplane, I discovered a love and passion for flight,”...
