Young Eagles
Presenters
• Steve Brady–FAA Flight Instructor
–FAA Designated Pilot Examiner
–Aviation Safety Counselor
–FAA Production Crew
–Flight Instructor of the Year
Explore Aviation
• EAA Young Eagles program
• Aviation merit badges from Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts
The
Green Sheet
Young Eagle Certificate
• Honorary Chairman General Chuck Yeager
• Your pilot’s name
• Airplane type
• Airport name
Young Eagles
• Goal - give 1 million kids a free airplane ride by: February 22nd 2003
• 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers flight at Kitty Hawk
The Airplane
Preflight
Wing Fuel Engine
LandingGear
Tail Cockpit
Four Forces of Flight
• Lift
• Drag
• Thrust
• Weight
Three Axes of Flight
Longitudinal Nose toTail
Roll orBank
Aileron
Lateral Wingtip toWingtip
Pitch Elevator
Vertical Top toBottom
Yaw Rudder
Your Flight
Airplane Flight
• Preflight the airplane
• Start up
• Taxi
• Take off
• FLY
• Landing
Taxiing
Use your FEET
Take Off
• Add Throttle
• Feet on the Rudder Pedals
• Take off speed (airspeed indicator)
• Rotate (pull back on wheel)
• FLY
FLY
• Turns
• Bernoulli’s Principle
• Ailerons
• Elevators
• LOOK OUTSIDE
Landing
• Line up with runway
• Slow down
• Flare
• Touchdown
Safety
• Walk out to airplane with adult
• Watch out for spinning propellers
• Put on seat belt
• After flight wait for someone to escort you from airplane
QUESTIONS?
Remember – there are no
dumb questions
Enjoy Your Flight!