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Beaver Island fifth- and sixth-graders fly through the Young Eagles program, 1993

Also 1993 Beaver Island Young Eagles flights

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TypeEvent
Date1993-06
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1993-06
Kind
Education
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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Within
Beaver Island

Summary

In June 1993 Beaver Island fifth- and sixth-graders received airport instruction and short Piper Colt flights through the Young Eagles program, with logbooks and certificates provided by Paul and Ellen Welke.

Evidence limits

This is a teacher-submitted newspaper account, not a flight log, school roster, or aviation-program archive.

Sources

  1. Reports the fifth- and sixth-grade class’s airport visit and individual Piper Colt flights, pilot logbooks, and certificates provided through Paul and Ellen Welke’s Young Eagles participation. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1993-07_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held sixteen-page issue scan confirms the Young Eagles report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1993-07_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island fifth- and sixth-graders fly through the Young Eagles program, 1993”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-young-eagles-school-flight-1993/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1993, “Young Eagles in Skies Over Beaver Island.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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