Come
join the fun at the
Youth Fun Fly on June 7th at Hawk
Field with your grandson,
granddaughter or your kids. What the
sponsors hope will be to start the
young kids, under the age of
fourteen, to begin to think about a fun
hobby.
Lunch will be available for all
attending. Hot dogs, chips and
drinks will be provided. And
there is no landing fee assessment.
Fred
will purchase a couple “Yellow Bee
electrics” to have at the event. These will be built and
hopefully complete enough to fly
before the end of the day. They
will be raffled for the kids to take |
home with them. Other rubber
band balsa planes will be given to
all the participants.
Bottom line for us is that
while we got into the hobby for
personal reasons we probably also
saw it as a chance to connect with
our grandkids/kids. And when
they come to the field and see
others their age or younger flying
and having a good time perhaps
some of the reluctance to “crash
Grandpas nice plane” will disappear.
Those of us who have had
the youngsters on a buddy box
and yet had that nasty disaster
occur know that they can become
hesitant to fly again. |
What is the saying? When
you “fall off the horse” you get
right back on. So lets meet up,
enjoy some building, some hot
dogs, some flying and some
prizes. Most of all the smiles
when the kids accomplish something
that seems simple to older
people but very rewarding to the
kids.
Buddy boxes are encouraged for
safety reasons. Perhaps the club
trainers will be available for anyone
who may be short equipment.
See you the 27th!
Larry McChesney
Hawk Talk - Mike Berger Editor
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