The Young Eagles Mission

The Mission of the EAA Aviation Foundation's Young Eagles Program is to provide a meaningful flight experience for 1 million young people between the ages of 8 and 17 by the year 2003--the 100th anniversary of the Wright brother's first powered flight--and the 50th anniversary of EAA. The goal of this mission was reached on November 13, 2003 with the help of an army of over 85,000 volunteers. The program will never the less continue to meet the following objectives.

The Young Eagles Objectives:

The Young Eagles Program hopes to achieve a number of objectives. They include:

Encourage young people to become interested in flying;

Provide young people with an opportunity to gain new perspectives on their community, their lives and the world in which they live;

Raise awareness of aviation career possibilities;

Help young people understand the knowledge necessary to become a pilot;

Respond to concerns that the nation's pool of pilots is growing smaller because fewer new pilot starts and the number of pilots who are growing older--a situation  that could cause a shortage of military and commercial pilots by the year 2000.

EAA Chapter 166 Young Eagles Program

Young Eagles events are scheduled during our fly-ins at Windham airport in Willimantic, Ct. Please contact Larry Gagnon using the contacts button.

Young Eagles Recognition

Each Young Eagle participant receives an official Young Eagle Flight Certificate, signed by the pilot, following their flight experience. The name of each participant is then entered into the "World's Largest Logbook," which is on permanent display at the EAA Air Adventure Museum in Oskosh, Wis. and can be searched on line at EAA -

World's Largest Logbook.

If you are already a Young Eagle and want to know what's next, visit the EAA National Young Eagle website. 

Webchat

The EAA Young Eagles Web site hosts a live Webchat the third Wednesday of every month with various aviation celebrities.

The Webchat lasts one hour and takes place between 7 and 8 p.m. Central Time.

Please visit http://www.youngeagles.org/webchat/ for more information.