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While some pilots have only flown a few Young Eagles there are many pilots who have flown more than three thousand children. [2] In September 2023, EAA volunteer Fred Stadler became the first Young Eagles pilot to fly 10,000 children as part of the program. He started giving Young Eagles flights in 2000. [7]
Richard Bong, the United States' highest-scoring air ace in World War II, learned to fly at Sequoia Field in 1942. In April 1939, Congress authorized $300 million for the Air Corps to procure and maintain 6,000 aircraft. In the authorization, the Air Corps was authorized to enroll Army Flight Cadets in civilian training schools.
The 63rd Army Air Forces Contract Pilot School is located at the Douglas Municipal Airport in Coffee County, Georgia. During World War II, it was part of the Civilian Pilot Training Act of 1939, to train civilian pilots to serve as contract labor in an auxiliary capacity for the military.
Young Eagles, a program of the Experimental Aircraft Association, tries to host these flights at least once a year. "EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association) came from Wisconsin, and this has been ...
Because of the EAA's policies on youth education, many prominent educators visited EAA Headquarters to study the Schoolflight program. [46] [47] In 1992, Tom Poberezny founded the EAA's Young Eagles program, giving children their first flight in a light aircraft. The Young Eagles program would serve to transition EAA from homebuilding planes to ...
May 28—Area young people ages 8-17 will have a chance to take to the skies on June 8, as the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Chapter No. 386 hosts a Young Eagles Flight Rally at Austin ...
PELLSTON — Aspiring young pilots can get the opportunity to fly for free with the Harbor Springs chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association on Sept. 14 at the Pellston Regional Airport.
Student fliers with Piper J-3s under the Civilian Pilot Training Program. Congressional Airport. Rockville, Maryland. The Civilian Pilot Training Program (CPTP) was a flight training program (1938–1944) sponsored by the United States government with the stated purpose of increasing the number of civilian pilots, though having a clear impact on military preparedness.