Young

Eagles

The Aitkin Flyers Club E.A.A. chapter #965 has brought the joy of flight
to over 1,000 kids in the Aitkin area. Our volunteers have made this an
enjoyable experience for all involved. This page is to honor those that
have given a bit of their time and money for such a worthy cause.

	Todd Johnson Todd has flown 24 young eagles so far. He flies them in his Skyhawk.
Dale Johnson Dale flys kids in his Bonanza. His total is up to 100.
	Tappo Deblock Tap has flown 42 young eagles so far. He flies an open cockpit Ercoupe.
Denny Solsvig Denny has taken a total of 43 kids for their young eagles flights and only one had gotten sick in his plane!
	Tom Eberhardt Tom has flown 51 young eagles in either his Skylane or his T-210 Centurion.
Jim Larson Jim flies young eagles in his Bonanza A-36. Jim's total is now 264. Way to go Jim!
	Jim Hakes Jim has flown 128 young eagles. He is the Young Eagles Coordinator for the EAA chapter.
Ray Hogan Ray flies kids in his Bonanza, flying a total of 202 now. Great job Ray!
	Jake Carlson Jake took 19 young eagles up in her Skyhawk on 2000 young eagles day. Her total is now 33 kids.
Jackie Hakes Despite high winds, Jackie was able to take 6 young eagles up in the Kitfox, bringing her total to 8 youngsters. She even found time to give an airport rat a ride as well!
	Dick Fenner Dick has flown 62 Young Eagles so far. We hope to see him fly more in his new Bonanza.
Bruce Thompson Bruce flew young eagles in his C-180 and took one lucky kid per day up in his T-6 Texan. He has flown a total of 36 young eagles.

Mike Arnold Mike has taken 21 young eagles flying.	MIKE PICTURE NOT AVAIL.
Victor Erickson Vic flew a grand total of 86 kids on their young eagles flight. These lucky kids got their rides with an authentic WWII Ace at the controls.	VIC PIC NOT AVAIL.
Jim Fagen Jim has flown 45 young eagles	JIM PIC NOT AVAIL.
Hubert Jacobsen Hubert has flown 36 young eagles.	HUBERT PIC NOT AVAIL.
Bob Kolodji Bob had taken 8 young eagles up	BOB PIC NOT AVAIL.
Jim Kroening Jim has flown 70 young eagles!	JIM PIC NOT AVAIL.
Steve Kurtz Steve has flown 163 young eagles in his Piper Cherokee. Great job Steve!	STEVE PIC NOT AVAIL.
Heather McNevin Heather has flown 22 young eagles so far.	HEATHER PIC NOT AVAIL.

Aviation brings smiles to young and old alike!	The Texan taxiing out with a Young Eagle

We have flown a total of 1,476 Young Eagles so far!!!!

This years young eagles day was a success. We were able to fly about 200 youngsters
from the local area. Two elementary schools participated and we were able to fly all their
sixth graders over a period of two afternoons. The kids enjoyed it as well as the
adults. Thank you to all the pilots and members of the EAA Chapter 965 that participated
in this event. A special thanks to the ladies and the Hakes brothers for
filling out certificates for the kids to take home.


Fueling before the kids arrive.	Mike Z.'s t-bird next to Bruce's T-6.

Lining up for takeoff	Photographic evidence the Hakes boys work! just kidding guys!