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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.


Montblack

A friend of mine flys a Partenavia and hauls
Young Eagles by the busload. The kids love it.

"Montblack" wrote in message
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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.


Montblack

I have seen hundreds of YE flights. Most have 1 or 3 kids. If it's a 4
place plane three kids pile in, if a 2 place 1 kid.

Do they mention how many flights and kids were flown "unsafely?"

"Safety procedures"!!!???? LOL. There are none. Any PPL can do it if
he/she pays the EAA dues. I posted the YE volunteer criteria already.
That's y any parent is NUTS to let their kid hop into a GA plane with a
stranger.

Montblack wrote:

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 on my flights, I typically carried three, sometimes two.

George Patterson
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your neighbor.
It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him.

I usually do 3 at a time.

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.


Montblack

Most of the young eagles flights I've seen around here have two or three
kids in the airplane.

Matt

Montblack wrote:
AvWeb October 20th
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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.

I carry three usually. I put the oldest up front. I've not heard
any complaints yet.

"Montblack" wrote in message
...
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.

You haven't mentioned any reason to think the flights at ANE are
representative of the YE flights nationwide.

--Gary

"Safety procedures"!!!???? LOL. There are none. Any PPL can do it if
he/she pays the EAA dues.

The fact that the pilots holds a valid Private Pilot Certificate says
volumes about the competency and training they have received.

Surely you don't think getting your PPC is like getting your automobile
driver's license, I hope?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"