Day Four: Thursday
Happy Thursday!
It has been a long good day. After camp I attended a presentation by Long Beach’s former mayer (and Pilot) Ernie Kell then attended the EAA Chapter 7 meeting at Air Flight. I did get a request from the president and the person responsible for Young Eagles Chapter 7. If you are interested in attending the Young Eagles event please reply to this email and let me know two things.
Will you attend?
Did you register on the web site? If not please do so at http://fs10.formsite.com/eaa7/form355769513/index.html .
I’ve been asked to let them know how many from the camp will likely attend. Young Eagles is a program established by EAA to give young people a chance to take a FREE flight in a general aviation airplane. Plan to meet at 9 am at ESCAP which is very near the California Flight Center. See the image below or visit the EAA Chapter 7 web site. It is a terrific opportunity to experience an initial flying experience. The national site is located at http://www.youngeagles.com/ if you would like more information.
Please visit the web site for some of the images from today’s activities. It seemed to me that the days activities were slower paced and some were a little more formal and ‘classroom like’. Still valuable in providing the kids with information about the requirements to become a pilot and safety around aircraft. We did get to see some cool things at the fire department and did get to sit in some very cool planes. The kids had many questions about the airplanes so they were very excited. Unfortunately, I was unable to have a CFI speak with the kids which would have made the day more interesting. The CFI’s that I spoke with had commitments which pulled them away. One was standing by for his student who was taking an exam. The student pilot passed everything except one part on the practical test so the CFI had to spend time with the examiner and the student. A bummer for us. Fortunately, student will not have a hard time demonstrating to the examiner the needed level of skill.
The pictures are at http://uniqueeducationalexperiences.com/ASC/2009Images/index.html .
Take care,