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EAA AirVenture Oshkosh – August 24, 2005- Actor, pilot, EAA member and Young Eagles Flight Leader Harrison Ford will serve as EAA Young Eagles program chairman for another two years, after announcing his intentions to an enthusiastic crowd and resounding applause during a Theater in the Woods presentation on July 27 at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.
When asked by EAA Young Eagles Executive Director Steve Buss during the onstage presentation whether he would consider another two-year stint, Ford responded, “Nothing would please me more.”
Ford has chaired the EAA Young Eagles program since 2004 and has flown more than 200 Young Eagles in several different aircraft.
“Our mission is to use aviation as a way to inspire and educate young people. Harrison Ford is a great ambassador of the program because he shows that he believes in it and, as a pilot volunteer, he lives it,” Buss said. “His passion for aviation and its beneficial influence on young people comes through every time he speaks about the program. I’m delighted that he accepted our invitation to continue as Young Eagles chairman for an additional two years.”
Among Ford’s roles as EAA Young Eagles chairman, he helped lead the July 28 EAA Gathering of Eagles dinner and auction, an event that raised funds to support EAA Young Eagles and EAA’s other youth-inspiration and education initiatives. Cessna Aircraft Company was the presenting sponsor of the Gathering of Eagles event.
Since 1992, the EAA Young Eagles Program has provided more than 1.1 million children an opportunity to experience flight through a free airplane flight. The flights, and the program’s outstanding safety record, are made possible through the generosity of more than 40,000 EAA member pilots and an estimated 50,000 additional Ground Support Volunteers.
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