by EAA | Dec 20, 2023 | Chapters, Youth & Young Eagles
It was a beautiful day in October 2016 when 10-year-old Dakota Wagner took her first Young Eagles ride. The Greene County Airport host chapter, EAA Chapter 382, assigned her to Wayne Moyer, where she flew in a yellow-and-blue RV-12 airplane nicknamed Yellow Bird II....
by EAA | Dec 14, 2023 | Youth & Young Eagles
Thanks to a gift from the Michigan Business Aviation Foundation and a matching gift from the Dick & Betsy DeVos Foundation, West Michigan Aviation Academy students began building a Carbon Cub EX2 in the fall of 2019. The simplicity of the large box and its 8,000...
by EAA | Nov 22, 2023 | Youth & Young Eagles
How I used a flight simulator to not only practice comms and maneuvers but also pass my private pilot exam. Read More
by EAA | Nov 22, 2023 | Young Eagles, Youth & Young Eagles
We write and share a lot of stories about our Young Eagles program and how much those first flights mean to kids, but it’s not often that we get a story like this one, straight from the source. Read...
by EAA | Nov 2, 2023 | Why We Fly, Youth & Young Eagles
Chattahoochee Valley EAA Chapter 677 member Mac Molnar, EAA 1028461, flew his 500th Young Eagle on October 28. Read...
by EAA | Oct 18, 2023 | Youth & Young Eagles
Five years ago, Rosie Rivera had her first flight in a general aviation airplane. On September 16, 2023, she was in the pilot’s seat when EAA Chapter 534 held a Young Eagles rally at Leesburg International Airport. Read...
