WBAY-TV Green Bay-Fox Cities-Northeast Wisconsin NewsAttendance up at EAA's Young Eagles Program
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Associated Press - January 18, 2010 6:05 AM ET
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) - More young people participated last year in the Experimental Aircraft Association's Young Eagles Program than the year before.
The programs allows children ages 8-17 to ride in a private plane.
In a news release, the EAA notes that nearly 80,000 Young Eagles were flown in 2009. That's a four percent increase over 2008.
Since the program was introduced in July 1992, more than 1.5 million young people have taken flights at no charge, making it the largest youth aviation education program in history.
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