 Cassie
sits in a C-130 Hercules.
Click on the photo for a close-up
view.
Cassie is Libby's cousin. She lives with her grandparents and
has a just little better chance to become successful than her cousin.
I have to rate Cassie as one of my favorite members because she never complains
even when we are all extremely hot, tired, thirsty and hungry and are forced
to stand in a super long line for hours in the sun. Cassie is only nine
years old and the youngest person in our group and her good behavior, combined
with her positive attitude of being interested in what she is learning,
makes her a top quality person.
Photos and Story by C. Jeff
Dyrek webmaster at YellowAirplane.com
Cassie is finding out that doing
good things, like sitting in a C-130 Hercules, can be more fun than
just sitting around at home watching tv.
Cassie also has been with our youth group for many events this summer.
She has learned about jet engines, pilots equipment, aircraft components,
afterburners, tanks and flight simulators.
One day everyone was bored and tired and had nothing to do but sit and
wait. I looked on the flight line at the EAA Chapter 350 Young Eagles
event. I looked outside and, on the flight line, there was a beautiful,
new, Cessna 172. I said to the kids lets go out and take a closer
look at this plane. The next thing I knew, I was sitting in the pilots
seat and all of the other kids were in the airplane with me. I grabbed
the control yoke and started to explain what its function was when Cassie
yelled out, "That moves the ailerons."
I was amazed because before today Cassie and her cousin, Libby , have
never even seen an airplane on the ground. The night before the Young
Eagles event, however, Cassie and Libby were forced to go to bed because
they were studying the Young Eagles information booklet so that they would
know the parts of the airplane and the four forces of flight.
The Young Eagles day was Cassie's first experience with the Y-I-BET
program. Since then she has visited the Bloomington, "Prairie"
airshow, attended three movie nights, learned about the airplane
components, taken her first flight in an airplane, received her Young Eagles
certificate signed by Chuck Yeager, flown a Cessna 172, worked in
the assembly line for putting together the newsletter for the EAA Chapter
350 and attended the Quad Cities Air Show.
Click here to see Cassie preparing
for her first flight.
Click here to see the picture Cassie
drew for me as a thank you gift.
Click here to see Cassie working
on the newsletter
Click here to see Cassie standing
under a Boeing 727
If Cassie continues to work with our youth program, she will attain
every goal that she ever dreams, but we need your help. |
Y-I-BET
