July 23, 2024October 17, 2025

Teen Pilots Are Amazing!

AirVenture, Learn to Fly, Youth Outreach

By Paul Maloy, EAA Director of Education Far too often, teenagers are categorically labeled as inadequate, unmotivated, unfocused, and lazy. However, the truth for many teens is exactly the opposite! ... Read more

July 17, 2024October 31, 2025

EAA Chapter 478 Young Eagles Build and Fly Summer Camp

Chapters, Youth Outreach

By Bernie Wunder, EAA 128167 EAA recently developed a program called the Young Eagles Build and Fly (YE B&F) for youths to build and fly a remote-controlled (RC) aircraft. The ... Read more

July 16, 2024October 31, 2025

The Ray Scholarship Going Full Circle: Paying It Forward and Giving Back

Chapters, Youth Outreach

By William Jagust, EAA Chapter 1387 Ray Scholarship Coordinator Just like other chapters, EAA Chapter 1387 in Troy, Missouri, was hoping to provide a candidate for the Ray Aviation Scholarship ... Read more

July 3, 2024October 17, 2025

How to Become Immortal: My Ticket to Oshkosh and Aviation Scholarships

AirVenture, Youth Outreach

By: Ella Lucas, EAA 1518806 Do you dream about living forever or becoming a legend, like Davy Crockett? I think many people do. There is something instinctive inside of us ... Read more

July 1, 2024October 31, 2025

EAA Chapter 1682 Hosts Rally on International Young Eagles Day

Chapters, Youth Outreach

By: Angela Satterlee For International Young Eagles Day, EAA Chapter 1682, led by Bill Wright, EAA 663877, was busy putting together the first Young Eagles rally at its local airport in ... Read more

June 26, 2024October 31, 2025

South African EAA Chapter 322 Hosts Young Eagles Rally

Chapters, Youth Outreach

EAA has a long history of engendering the passion for flying amongst its members as well as the youths of the world. EAA is a worldwide organisation with International Young ... Read more

June 24, 2024October 17, 2025

A Former Young Eagle Flies a Young Eagle for their First Flight

Learn to Fly, Youth Outreach

By Ted Luebbers, EAA 875984 Luke Nunez, now a certified private pilot, flew his first Young Eagle on May 11, 2024, at the Leesburg International Airport in Leesburg, Florida. This ... Read more

April 15, 2024November 4, 2025

Girls Take Flight 2.0

EAA Canada, Youth Outreach

The annual Canadian aviation success story from CYOO (Oshawa Executive Airport) continues unabated. Albeit in a new, different, and exciting manner.

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April 1, 2024November 4, 2025

Ruffled Feathers: The Other Side of the Fence — Fostering an Interest in Flying

EAA Canada, Youth Outreach

Bits and Pieces contributor John Wyman discusses how to get more youths involved in aviation in his latest piece.

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March 28, 2024October 31, 2025

“It Takes a Chapter,” Say Gettysburg Barnstormers

Chapters, Youth Outreach

In the EAA world, the adage “It takes a village to raise a child” might be rendered, “It takes a chapter to train a pilot.” EAA Chapter 1041 has an ... Read more

March 21, 2024October 17, 2025

Eli’s 30 Shares

Member Stories, Youth Outreach

Pat Halligan, EAA 363158, shares the story of his grandson’s kind and remarkable gesture.

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March 7, 2024November 6, 2025

Young Eagles Milestone — Tom Trumble Flies 1,000

Milestones, Why We Fly, Youth Outreach

Tom Trumble, EAA 103048, really didn’t think too much about the number of Young Eagles he flew over the years as the experiences and smiles from the kids were the ... Read more

February 29, 2024February 29, 2024

Soaring After My Dream

Youth Outreach

It all began on May 30, 2012, when I stepped onto a United Airlines Airbus A320 for the first time. At the time I was only four years old going ... Read more

February 1, 2024November 6, 2025

Reaching for the Sky

Chapters, Youth Outreach

Since 1992, more than 2.3 million youths have taken their first ride in an airplane through the EAA Young Eagles program. At the Wausau Downtown Airport in Wausau, Wisconsin, dedicated ... Read more

February 1, 2024November 6, 2025

Hundreds of Happy Kids

Why We Fly, Youth Outreach

Dorinda Morpeth, EAA 637600, can’t get enough of flying Young Eagles. We wrote about her a few years ago after her 300th Young Eagles flight, and now she’s back, celebrating ... Read more