After a two-year pandemic pause.
Young Eagles
30 years and 2.3 million kids later…
The 30th anniversary of Young Eagles will be celebrated at the 2022 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, with the goal to fly at least 30 Young Eagles during the big show.
Young Eagles return to the skies
The first Young Eagles day for EAA Chapter 534 in Leesburg, Florida, saw 15 kids take their first flights on March 19, 2022. For some, this might have been a life-changing day.
Neighbors pitch in to grow aviation
Not every EAA chapter has the resources to have a youth aviation program, but that doesn’t mean they can’t help grow the next generation of pilots and mechanics.
Picture of the Day: Dreaming
Rusty Eichorn submitted this photo and note: “As one of the almost 500 Young Eagles flights I have done, I can only hope the view for this little girl will be ingrained in her mind as she gets older. Maybe someday she’ll want to be in the front seat. That’s why I fly Young Eagles.”
Michigan pilot tops 2,400 Young Eagles flights
Douglas Conciatu, who has been flying Young Eagles for 30 years, won this year’s Phillips 66 Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Young Eagles Leadership Award.
Sporty’s Learn to Fly Course updated to be more user friendly for Young Eagles
Sporty’s Learn to Fly course — which is available free to Young Eagles — has been redesigned to make it much faster and easier to use, while being entirely mobile-friendly.
International Young Eagles Day returns June 12
“We are in many ways making International Young Eagles Day the restart point for the Young Eagles program after the COVID pandemic put most flights on hiatus for the past year,” said Jack J. Pelton, EAA’s CEO and chairman of the board.
Sporty’s Foundation giving tops $160,000 in 2020
Bequests were made to organizations from the Young Eagles to aviation scholarships to the Recreational Aviation Foundation.