Securing the future of flight.It took more than 10 years, but the Experimental Aircraft Association, Oshkosh, Wisconsin Oshkosh is a city located where the Fox River enters Lake Winnebago in Winnebago County, Wisconsin. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 62,916. It has a metropolitan area of 159,972 people. , achieved its lofty objective: Give 1 million young people a free demonstration airplane flight by December 17, 2003, the centennial anniversary of the Wright brothers' first flight. EAA EAA Experimental Aircraft Association EAA European Aluminium Association (Brussels, Belgium) EAA European Acoustics Association EAA Export Administration Act EAA Everglades Agricultural Area EAA European Association of Archaeologists established the goal in 1992, dubbing it the Young Eagles program and seeing it as a way to "help secure the future of flight" by introducing young people to aviation. Making the dream a reality required the dedicated efforts of tens of thousands of EAA volunteers, both pilots and ground personnel. The association credits the program's simplicity for its success. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. press materials, "A pilot and each Young Eagle conduct a preflight pre·flight adj. Preparing for or occurring before flight. tr.v. pre·flight·ed, pre·flight·ing, pre·flights To check (an aircraft) for airworthiness before flight. check of an airplane, focusing on how the airplane works and how pilots prepare to fly safely. They then board the aircraft and take a 15-to-20 minute flight. Each Young Eagle receives a certificate signed by the pilot and Gen. Chuck Yeager," the first person to break the sound barrier and chairman of the program since 1994. Participants also get their names entered in the "World's Largest Logbook," which is on permanent display at the EAA AirVenture Museum The EAA AirVenture Museum is a museum dedicated to the preservation and display of aircraft in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The museum is located adjacent to the Oshkosh airport runways. and on the program's Web site (www.youngeagles.org). [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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