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Kids fly free on Young Eagles Flight Day |
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July 8, 2014 |
Area young people ages 8-17 will have a chance
to take to the skies on Saturday, July 19, as
Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Chapter
757 hosts a Young Eagles Flight Day at the
Boundary County Regional Airport in Bonners
Ferry.
The flight day is part of the EAA Young Eagles
Program, created to interest young people in
aviation. Since the program was launched in
1992, Volunteer EAA
 pilots
have flown more than 1.6 million young people
who reside in more than 90 countries. Each pilot
volunteers their time and aircraft so the
flights can be provided free of charge for
interested young people.
Pilots at the event will also explain about
their airplanes, allowing young people to
discover how airplanes work and how pilots
ensure that safety is the prime concern before
every flight.
Following the flight, each young person will
receive a certificate making them an official
Young Eagle. Their name will then be entered
into the “World’s Largest Logbook,” which is on
permanent display at the EAA Air Adventure
Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The Logbook is
also accessible on the web at
www.youngeagles.org .
Those wishing to attend the flight day on July
19 are asked come to the Northern Air building
at the Boundary County Regional Airport between
8:30 and 10:30 to register for their flight.
Flights will begin at 8:45 and will continue
until 12:00
noon. Parental permission is required.
This event is focused on first-time fliers, and
we ask that if your child has already had a
flight in previous years that you allow
fist-time fliers to go ahead.
For more information on the local EAA chapter
and the July 19 Young Eagles flight day, contact
Northern Air at 208-267-4359. If the event is
rained out it will be rescheduled for August
9th.
For more information or to see photos from last
year’s event, visit
www.757.eaachapter.org . The Young Eagles
web page is
www.youngeagles.org .
If you flew in a previous year, check
http://www.youngeagles.org/logbook/ to see
your name entered in the world's largest logbook
or to reprint your certificate.
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