Campers to captains? ASPIRE program touts aviation careers to kids
At DeKalb-Peachtree Airport, 18 kids huddled around and sat inside a few Cessna 172s as pilots from Georgia Tech's Yellow Jackets Flying Club took ...
At DeKalb-Peachtree Airport, 18 kids huddled around and sat inside a few Cessna 172s as pilots from Georgia Tech's Yellow Jackets Flying Club took them through pre-flight checklists. The pre-flight run down was Thursday's premiere event for the annual ASPIRE Aviation camp held at the DeKalb County airport this week. The camp mixed lessons on aviation science with hands-on experiences around the airport, all in an effort to pique the kids' interest in aviation careers. Campers aged 9 to 14 observed operations inside the Air Traffic Control tower earlier in the week, and Thursday featured a series of experiments showcasing how planes get their lift.