Although the Air Academy sessions are all filled up for 2024, Chapter 186 has paid the first $500 to secure one spot for a 12 to 13 year-old in the June 16 to 20 Young Eagles Camp at the Air Academy Lodge in Oshkosh. If you are interested in sending your Young Eagles participant to this 5-day camp, please email rsp10000@aol.com. The family will be responsible to get the child to and from camp and pay the remaining $500 tuition cost. Additional information about the EAA Air Academy is available here.
The EAA Air Academy is a series of camps (five to nine days long) designed to introduce young people ages 12-18 to the aviation world. Kids stay at the EAA Air Academy Lodge in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Experienced aviation instructors help them delve into flight through studies, hands-on demonstrations, flight simulation, and other exciting activities. Campers will receive a ride in a Cessna Skycatcher or Skyhawk or a helicopter, weather permitting. There are three age range camps, each given twice in the summer. The dates are as follows:
- Young Eagles Camp for ages 12-13 is five days long, held twice in June.
- Basic Camp for ages 14-15 is six days long, held twice in July.
- Advanced Camp for ages 16-18 is nine days long, held twice in late July.
Notice that the Advanced Camp first session overlaps three days into AirVenture and the second session overlaps with the final three days of AirVenture.
Click here for additional information on course content and lodge accommodations and to register. Contact president@eaa186.org if you have any questions.
Parents: It is a good time to look ahead to the 2025 Air Academy Camps, Keep in mind that 2025 camp dates and registration will become available this August 2024. We will monitor this to keep you informed so we can avail this opportunity before the camps fill up.
