Kids ages 8-17 have the opportunity to fly for FREE: sit in the pilot's seat, take the controls, and ask questions about what it's like to be a pilot.
Over 2.3 million kids have already taken part.
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After that first flight, there are even more opportunities to explore aviation; free ground school, summer camps, membership in aviation groups, facility tours, and even support toward earning a pilot's license.
These photos feature kids of trade partners; plumbers, equipment operators, window installers, carpenters, drywall specialists. They're our kids, grandkids, nieces, and nephews. Your child could be next!
It's near you, everywhere, in every state. Minnesota alone has 27 locations. This program has been running for over 30 years since 1992.
As one of the kids I recently watched fly said: "Who wouldn't want to fly? It was amazing!"
It might seem a bit scary, but its GREAT! Both fun and instructional, all of the kids I have taken say they want to go again, and again!
The Wright brothers, Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright, were American aviation pioneers generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful airplane. They made the first controlled, sustained flight of an engine-powered, heavier-than-air aircraft with the Wright Flyer on December 17, 1903, four miles (6 km) south of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, at what is now known as Kill Devil Hills. In 1904 the Wright brothers developed the Wright Flyer II, which made longer-duration flights including the first circle, followed in 1905 by the first truly practical fixed-wing aircraft, the Wright Flyer III.
The Wright Brothers
We've all heard about the Wright brothers, but did you know that neither of them graduated high school? Before becoming aviation pioneers, they designed their own printing press and started a newspaper. They also opened their own bike shop, the Wright Cycle Company, and manufactured their own bicycle designs.