
The Young Eagles is a program of the US Experimental Aircraft Association designed to give children between the ages of 8 to 17 a chance to fly in a general aviation airplane free of charge. The program was launched in 1992 and had flown over 1.2 million children by the summer of 2006.
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http://www.copanational.org
http://www.eaa.org/
http://www.youngeagles.org/news/events/?month=6#YEevents
http://www.youngeagles.org/
http://www.copanational.org/non-members/YoungEagles/YoungEagles.htm
http://www.youngeagles.org/volunteers/resources/content/YE Resource – EAA Young Eagles Fact Sheet.doc
http://www.eaa43.com