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Peter French teaching Mike Thompson on sim Frank Adelstein teaching

 

We want to get you flying!    Saturday, May 19th!   Waiting List

WOW! *FREE* Flight for all individuals AGE 8-17: Saturday May 19th, 9am-3pm
EAA 811 Event hosted at East Hill Flying Club on the Ithaca Airport

All children must be registered with a parental permission form to fly! Stop by or download this form.
Not sure? Reluctant parents should read this article! 

Fun for the whole family!

  • Navigate a flight on an iPad
  • Fly a real FAA flight simulator
  • Build a flying model "airplane"
  • Try our weather training center
  • Pre-flight an actual aircraft
  • Play air traffic controller with an on-line simulator from NASA

This is just the beginning! Continue on and earn your private pilot certificate!
EAA Young Eagle YE YE YE YE

 


EAA member pilots from both organizations will be offering free airplane rides to kids between the ages of 8 and 17 years old. These pilots volunteer their airplane and time as part of the Young Eagles program, a program designed to stir interest in aviation among the younger generation.

1.6 million kids world-wide have been flown since the inception of the Young Eagles program just over ten years ago. See this link!   pdf Poster <here>

 Not sure? Reluctant parents should read this article! 

Food and beverages will be available for sale all day

At East Hill Flying Club on the Ithaca Airport, 9-3 (607-257-1313)
Bell 47 Helicopter and sport planes on display!

Please pre-register: pick up form at East Hill Flying Club or:

Young Eagles Registration Form

Download and fill out this form completely (with parent signature) to be eligible for a Young Eagle Flight! Then prepare to have FUN.

Please Mail or Deliver To:

East Hill Flying Club, 62 Brown Road, Ithaca, NY 14850

 

Pictures From Previous Years

EAA Young Eagles May 9th: Lots of Happy Kids!!

Elizabeth flyingWe had a great day flying at our Young Eagles Rally. The weather was mostly cooperative and we flew about 85 young people for their first time. You have to be there to fully understand the happiness and excitement this brings to these kids. There are now many Young Eagle Certificates tacked to bedrooms walls all around town and new dreams about flying planes and helicopters!

Thanks to all the members of East Hill and EAA 811 that flew or helped out at the learning stations or on the ramp. The coordination and set-up was superb this year. The food from Wings Over Ithaca was also very good. There were many smiles all around and we made lots of friends in our community. Watch for an Ithaca Journal article on Dave Stern later this week (the one that was supposed to precede and promote this event!) Thank-you also to Doug Lewis and Ithaca ATC for their fantastic support through-out this event and to Taughannock Aviation for the $.30 a gallon fuel discount and waiving the landing fees. Thanks also to member Laura Jones and the other CAP people provided excellent support with parking. (Pictures by Larry Baum, Mike Newman, D.St.G.)

Teaching weather Elizabeth and Montana Peter French teaching navigation New Pilot: Elizabeth!
Dreaming of flight! Betsy coordinating registrations Rhea and Larry Girls with RC Simm
Ryan Quiggly teaching Having fun! Larry and Young Eagles The Bell is always a hit!
EAA 811 YOUNG EAGLES; Saturday, May 19th, 2012!

Not sure? Reluctant parents should read this article!