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August 29, 2024October 20, 2025

EAA Air Academy 2024 From the Deuce Lucas Crew

AirVenture, Member Stories, Youth Outreach

By Ella Lucas, EAA 1518806, Chapter 76 This summer, Lucas Garcia and I were selected for the Cajun Aviation Camp Scholarship. Every year they choose one guy and one girl ... Read more

July 25, 2024October 17, 2025

Dream It and Let Your Spirit Soar

AirVenture, Youth Outreach

By Jim Roberts On opening day of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, members of the Vintage Aircraft Association (VAA) gathered to christen the new Charles W. Harris Youth Aviation Center. The ... Read more

July 24, 2024October 29, 2025

Ray Aviation Corn Roast Celebrates 500 Successful Scholars

AirVenture, Youth Outreach

By Robbie Culver In April 2024, the Ray Aviation Scholarship Fund reached a milestone of 500 completed Ray scholars who have earned their pilot certificate through the program. A corn ... Read more

July 24, 2024October 17, 2025

KidVenture Celebrates 25 Years of Inspiring Youths in Aviation

AirVenture, Youth Outreach

By Abigail Oleniczak The excitement of KidVenture began 25 years ago when then EAA Chairman Tom Poberezny and Vice President Greg Anderson asked EAA Director Dan Majka to create somewhere ... Read more

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.

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.

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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