NEWS
RELEASE
SWRFI
Hondo, Texas
March 19, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Big Day for The Boy Scouts and The
Experimental Aircraft Association
The EAA Texas Fly-In (EAA SW Regional, Inc./SWRFI),
EAA Chapter 35, the City of Hondo and The Boy
Scouts held a campout and Aviation Merit Badge
event March 16,17 and 18 in Hondo Texas. The
high point of the weekend was flying 507 Young
Eagles on Saturday. A total of 651 scouts
and 200 leaders participated.
The flights were accomplished by 26 aircraft --
10 from the local chapters and 16 from other
parts of the state that were found, thanks to HQ
EAA national support with e-mail.
The EAA Chairman for the event was John Latour [EAA
28605]; the Scout Chairman was Debbie Cherry;
and the Young Eagle Coordinator was Brad Doppelt
[EAA 586777]. These three leaders were ably
assisted by over 100 volunteers.
Four class sessions on topics for the merit
badge were held in the USAF hangar (leased by
SWRFI) and the EAA hangar. The instructors and
their topics were as follows:
Aircraft
Technology:
John Siemens [EAA 743531]
Chief Test Pilot
Sino Swearingen Aircraft Corp.
Aviation History:
Brig. Gen. Julius Braun USAF (Ret.)
[EAA 6386] |
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Models
and Wind Tunnels:
Elaine Stephens, NASA
Static
Aircraft Orientation:
Maj. Roch LaRocca, USAF
[EAA 531536] |
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From
the EAA Young Eagles
Website:
The EAA Young Eagles program was launched in
1992 to give interested young people, ages 8 -
17, an opportunity to go flying in a general
aviation airplane. These flights are offered
free of charge and are made possible through the
generosity of EAA member volunteers.
Since 1992, more than 1.1 million Young Eagles
have enjoyed a flight through the program. Young
Eagles have been registered in more than 90
different countries and have been flown by
nearly 40,000 volunteer pilots.
For more information contact:
Don Loucks, Public Relations Officer
dloucks@donloucks.org
