International holidays - International Young Eagles Day

Children often fly in their sleep This is thought to happen as they grow However, boys and girls from all over the world dream of truly taking to the air - becoming astronauts, airplane and helicopter pilots The Young Eagles program is designed to introduce children aged 8 to 17 years to aviation and help those who love the sky decide on a future profession At its origins is the American Paul Howard Poberezny, the founder of the Experimental Aviation Association (EAA) Thanks to the Young Eagles program, over 20 years more than 2 million children have been able to fly on airplanes Observations confirmed that every second child out of 100 who took to the skies after turning 17 decided to undergo training and become a pilot The event, dedicated to the centenary of the creation of the airplane in 1903 by designers Orville and Wilbur Wright, was initially a one-time event But after its completion, the events began to be held annually This is how the tradition began to celebrate International Young Eagles Day every second Saturday in June People have dreamed of flying into the sky from different stages of the development of civilization Legend has it that back in 1500 BC The ancient Greek Daedalus made wings from bird feathers for himself and his son Icarus to escape from King Minos Leonardo da Vinci was no less obsessed with the idea of ​​developing aeronautics than the mythical character Drawings and drawings of aircraft invented by the famous artist and scientist of the Renaissance have reached us Thanks to da Vinci, the era of airplanes and spaceships came before the scientific and technological revolution, which began in the mid-twentieth century The first to take to the skies in a hot air balloon were the Frenchmen Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier in 1783 The monoplane of the Russian designer Alexander Mozhaisky was created a little later - in 1884 Despite this, the Americans consider the creation of Flyer-I in December 1903 by Orville and Wilbur Wright to be the most important milestone in aircraft construction The Young Eagles action, initiated by EAA members, was timed to coincide with this event The purpose of the program was to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers' flight in 2003 Its creators planned to transport a million children on general aviation aircraft by December 17, 2003, but completed the activities almost a month earlier The Experimental Aviation Association decided not to stop there Its members decided to carry out annual flights for 100 thousand children in different countries of the world EAA pilots sacrifice time and money to share their passion for the skies with girls and boys, the Young Eagles The ranks of volunteers include both non-public people and celebrities In March 2004, Harrison Ford became the director of the program Over the 5 years of participation in the program, the Hollywood actor has transported more than 300 children who are interested in aviation From 1992 to 1994 The chairman of the program was Oscar winner Cliff Robertson, familiar to young viewers from the film “Spider-Man” and other films Research has shown that The Young Eagles participants are 54 times more likely to become pilots than those new to the program Girls from the “Young Eagles” show interest in this profession and take the helm in adulthood 2 times more often than their peers Events in honor of the holiday are held to replenish the ranks of pilots and flight attendants with fresh personnel by awakening children's interest in aviation As practice shows, International Young Eagles Day does an excellent job of this