On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 15:29:44 -0500, "Montblack"
wrote:

AvWeb October 20th
http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archive...ll.html#190814
YOUNG EAGLES FLIGHTS CONTINUE AFTER FATALITIES...

"With 500,000 flights and 1.2 million kids safely flown as Young Eagles, we
think our safety procedures are pretty sound,"


That's more than 2 kids per flight.
A. That sucks if you're the kid stuck in back.
B. That number doesn't seem right.

If 200,000 flights have one kid, that leaves 300,000 flights for the
remaining 1 million kids.

I've seen maybe 40 Young Eagles take to the air at ANE (Anoka County -
Blaine, MN). All planes went up with one pilot, one kid.

And if 250 kids show up for the event....?

Most of the kids have never been an *any* airplane. I tried not to fly with any
seats open, when I flew YEs in the Stinson. When I've run YE events, I've
blessed the guys with 172s and 182s who showed up to fly.

Older kids usually got shunted to the two-seaters. But the youngsters seemed
happy enough with just a spot by a window.

Ron Wanttaja