In mid-June, 2023 Chapter 1361 held another Young Eagles Build & Fly session in which 8 kids, together with their adult and graduate mentors built a radio-controlled model aircraft over a 5-day period. Then on the following Sunday, Father’s Day, the group and their families gathered at the Reno-Radio Control Club flying field to fly the completed model.
During the week the kids didn’t just work on the model kit, they also heard presentations from guest speakers, visited the Stead Airport control tower, got to see the inside of a visiting corporate jet and took a tour of some of the aircraft and organization hangars on the airport.
Here are some photos taken throughout the week.
Peter discusses the model aircraft building instructions with a group of attendees.Some finishing touches made to the wing structure before the covering is applied.Peter describes the model fuselage structure.Additional pieces are prepared while building the model tail structure.Tenley Ong, guest speaker from Sacramento, talks about maintenance work she is doing on her aircraft.One of the Young Eagle mentors, a graduate from the 2022 Build & Fly Program tells the group about her experiences since the completed the program.Another graduate of the 2022 Build & Fly program discusses his aviation experiences since he completed the program. Another of our Build & Fly guest speakers.Peter and our two Young Eagle Mentors.Jan and Peter helping the kids build foam glider models.Foam glider model building on a break from the RC Model project.Logging time with the RC model flight simulator on a break from building.All attendees were tutored on the RC model simulator in preparation for model flight day.The group was able to tour a corporate jet that was visiting the Stead Airport on tour day.Peter briefing the crew on flying conditions during the model flight day.As is evident by the Sierra Wave cloud on model flight day, the winds were too strong to let the kids fly.The completed model is carefully moved into position for a short flight.The crowd watches as the president of the Reno Radio Control Club accomplishes a demonstration flight to show that the completed model can fly.Happy Young Eagles at the end of the program.
