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Mc Kenzie, TNMcKENZIE — EAA Chapter 734 is offering free airplane rides to area youth ages 8-17 Saturday, August 10 at the Carroll County Airport. These free flights are part of the EAA’s Young Eagles program designed to interest young people in aviation.
Volunteer pilots of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) have introduced more than two million youth to aviation through free flights since 1992. The local chapter has flown almost two thousand smiling kids. The free flights are just the start of what the Young Eagles program offers. Sign up for a free Young Eagles flight then visit the second hanger for a paper airplane contest, air rockets, hot air balloons, a simulator and a demonstration on building a real plane. This event will have the first appearance of Blue Eagle 1, a demonstrator for those under 8.
Registration and flights is between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. Prospective Young Eagles should be from 8 through 17 years old and will need a parent or legal guardian to sign the registration form (the adult will not be flying).
Each young person will receive a certificate making them an official Young Eagle. They will be offered free EAA membership and some free pilot training. They will be given a log book of their own with this flight already entered and room for more. In addition to August 10, EAA Chapter 734 will be at Henry Co. Airport on September 14.
