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More flight sims
will be available at the expanded Young Eagles Flight Education
Experience at KidVenture during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2007. |
At last year's "My First Logbook"
program at KidVenture, dozens of kids received real flight training
experiences from NAFI certificated flight instructors. Building on the
success of that program, the National Association of Flight Instructors,
Aviation Supplies and Academics (ASA), the FAA Aviation Education Program,
and the NASA Ames Research Center will conduct the expanded Young Eagles
Flight Education Experience at KidVenture during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
2007.
This year the program has grown to include
10 learning stations, which will be located in one of the hangars at the
new KidVenture site on EAA's Pioneer Airport. Each station will offer
guided, hands-on educational opportunities as volunteers provide young
people with the basics of aviation regulations, weather, navigation, air
traffic control, human factors, aircraft design, pre-flight, flight
lesson, and post-flight.
When completed, participants will receive a
Young Eagles Flight Education certificate along with their first
"Training Starts Here" pilot's logbook from ASA, including log
entries for their training.
Master CFI John Teipen chairs the program.
Teipen, also a Master Ground Instructor, was named the National CFI of the
Year in 2005 and is a designated pilot examiner (DPE) in airplanes and
gliders for the St. Louis FSDO.
"What we're trying to do is not all
about the airplane," he said. "Aviation has so much more to
offer than what appears on the surface. What young people can hope to get
from the program are the disciplines, the responsibilities, their own
personal performance levels, goal setting, and of course, the
accomplishments. Those are the things that those of us who have been in
aviation long enough love so much about it."
At the Flight Lesson booth, NAFI CFIs will
provide dual instruction on ASA's FAA-certified Basic-ATD (aviation
training device) simulators. This logged and CFI-endorsed time counts
toward the FAA Private Pilot Certificate. Headsets provided by Sigtronics
add realism to the flight lesson.
For more information on this experience, or
to volunteer as a NAFI CFI or Young Eagle educational assistant, contact
Teipen at 314-863-5941 or at john@teipen.com.
"This is a great opportunity to have more fun at EAA AirVenture and
to provide a great service to the next generation of aviators."
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