Photos: Young Eagles Girl’s Day at Reid-Hillview County Airport in San Jose
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Younger ladies from the Bay Space took to the skies on Saturday through the first Younger Eagles Woman’s Day at Reid-Hillview County Airport in San Jose.
Two-hundred ladies and 26 pilots participated within the Experimental Plane Affiliation Chapter 62’s occasion. For most of the ladies, it was their first time in a small airplane.
The volunteer pilots mentioned the anatomy of the planes, navigation and the the cockpit instrumentation and the aspiring feminine pilots logged the flight and obtained a certificates on the completion of the day.
Launched in 1992, the Younger Eagles program has devoted 30 years to giving youth ages 8–17 their first airplane experience. It’s the one program of its form, and the mission is to introduce youngsters to the world of aviation and maybe encourage them to grow to be pilots themselves.
At present, practically 2.3 million younger folks have loved a free introductory flight by means of the Younger Eagles program. The flights are made potential by means of the generosity of EAA member volunteers.
Emily Chung, 9, of San Ramon, takes a aircraft experience with pilot Ayden Chow through the first Younger Eagles Woman’s Day at Reid-Hillview County Airport in San Jose, Calif., on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. Two-hundred ladies and 26 pilots participated within the Experimental Plane Affiliation Chapter 62’s occasion. (Picture by Josie Lepe)
Pilot Marcie Smith is photographed on a flight with Makena Lei Through, 10, of San Jose, through the first Younger Eagles Woman’s Day at Reid-Hillview County Airport in San Jose, Calif., Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. Two-hundred ladies and 26 pilots participated within the Experimental Plane Affiliation Chapter 62’s occasion. (Picture by Josie Lepe)
Pilot Marcie Smith goes over aircraft particulars through the first Younger Eagles Woman’s Day at Reid-Hillview County Airport in San Jose, Calif., Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. Two-hundred ladies and 26 pilots participated within the Experimental Plane Affiliation Chapter 62’s occasion. (Picture by Josie Lepe)
Makena Lei Through, 10, of San Jose, waits in line on the first Younger Eagles Woman’s Day at Reid-Hillview County Airport in San Jose, Calif., on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. Two-hundred ladies and 26 pilots participated within the Experimental Plane Affiliation Chapter 62’s occasion. (Picture by Josie Lepe)
Emily Chung, 9, of San Ramon, prepares for her flight with pilot Ayden Chow through the first Younger Eagles Woman’s Day at Reid-Hillview County Airport in San Jose, Calif., on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. Two-hundred ladies and 26 pilots participated within the Experimental Plane Affiliation Chapter 62’s occasion. (Picture by Josie Lepe)
Captain Kristen Zeigler, proper, certainly one of three feminine pilots of 26 volunteers, goes over tools with Jayleen Aguilar, 10, through the first Younger Eagles Woman’s Day at Reid Hillview County Airport in San Jose, Calif., Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. Two-hundred ladies and 26 pilots participated within the Experimental Plane Affiliation Chapter 62’s occasion. (Picture by Josie Lepe)
Emily Chung, 9, of San Ramon, prepares for her flight with pilot Ayden Chow through the first Younger Eagles Woman’s Day at Reid-Hillview County Airport in San Jose, Calif., on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. Two-hundred ladies and 26 pilots participated within the Experimental Plane Affiliation Chapter 62’s occasion. (Picture by Josie Lepe)
Makena Lei Through, 10, of San Jose, seems to be down on the valley throughout her flight with pilot Marcie Smith on the first Younger Eagles Woman’s Day at Reid-Hillview County Airport in San Jose, Calif., on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. Two-hundred ladies and 26 pilots participated within the Experimental Plane Affiliation Chapter 62’s occasion. (Picture by Josie Lepe)
Jayleen Aguilar, 10, Gauri Khandelwal, 16, and Ananya Sharma, from left, obtain aircraft and flight data from Captain Kristen Zeigler, proper, certainly one of three feminine pilots of 26 volunteers, through the first Younger Eagles Women’ Day at Reid-Hillview County Airport in San Jose, Calif., Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. Two-hundred ladies and 26 pilots participated within the Experimental Plane Affiliation Chapter 62’s occasion. (Picture by Josie Lepe)
A pilot holds the flight log for the day throughout a briefing on the first Younger Eagles Woman’s Day at Reid-Hillview County Airport in San Jose, Calif., on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. Two-hundred ladies and 26 pilots participated within the Experimental Plane Affiliation Chapter 62’s occasion. (Picture by Josie Lepe)
