Trevor earned his Young Eagles Certificate this weekend when we took the kids to the EAA Museum in Oshkosh. They have an awesome program in which they will take children ages 8-17 up in the air for a 10 minute flight free of charge. Originally, Trevor preferred to keep his feet planted firmly on the ground. He said he didn't mind a bit to let his sister show him up. But, as Terry was filling out the paperwork for Erin to take her ride, he decided that he would face his fear and go for it!
Erin's ride was first so by the time she had landed he was ready to go up in the GlaStar 2 seater airplane. The pilot did an awesome job of explaining how an airplane flies and the "student" had the chance to fly the plane if they wished. He did take control for a bit and has decided that flying a plane is a great time and was ready to go again the next day!
Through this program, he is now a member of the EAA Museum through age 18 and is able to take an online ground school with one in-flight training towards obtaining a pilot's license if he would desire. What an awesome experience!
2 comments:
Young Eagles is a wonderful program.
Did not know about this program... awesome!
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