We flew 35 kids at the July 13 rally at Manassas and 47 kids at the August 10 rally at Warrenton. Many thanks go out to our ground and pilot volunteers for getting the job done. A special thank you goes to Warrenton-Fauquier Airport Manager Dave Huss and staff for the use of their facility for this month’s rally as well as the next rally on September 14.
Our next Young Eagles Rallies are:
Sept 14 – 9:00 AM at Warrenton
Oct 12 – 9:00 AM at Manassas Nov 9 – 12:00 Noon at Manassas
To become a Young Eagles volunteer, ground or pilot, proceed to yeday.org and use the “sign-up” feature. Let Bob know you have signed up so we can send you an invitation to volunteer. If you volunteer without being signed up, you will not get important changes/updates about the YE rally.
Ground and Pilot Volunteers: About two/three weeks prior to a Young Eagles Rally, we prompt the yeday.org system to send an email to everyone in our Young Eagles volunteer database, inviting you to click on “confirm” or “will not attend.” This helps us determine the staffing level so we can set the number of kids that can register for a ride. Expect an automatic reminder email on Wednesday three days prior to the Young Eagles Rally asking you to confirm again that you are still planning to volunteer. This gives us updated staffing level info.
Young Eagles flights are available to kids between ages 8 and 17. We normally hold our rallies on the second Saturday each month. We use two time slots, 9:00 AM and 11:00 AM for the summer months, 12:00 Noon and 2:00 PM in the winter months. Parents can register at yeday.org beginning at 8:00 AM on the 1st of each month.
To Young Eagles and Parents: The Sporty’s Learn -to-Fly course ($299 value) is available free after just one flight. The access code is on the back of your logbook. This will prepare you for the FAA Private Pilot Knowledge Test, “the written.” Every FAA written exam (private, instrument, commercial, etc.) requires an endorsement from an instructor stating you are prepared to take the exam. Passing this course with at least an 80% grade lets you skip that step and gives you the required endorsement to take the Private Pilot written test. For more details about the Sporty’s Learn-to-Fly course, click here.
Photo credit and thanks to Sam Bingham for photographs contained herein.
Chapter 186 Young Eagles Coordinators,
David Richards
Bob Prange
