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EAA Mourns Loss of Three in Young Eagles Flight
October 16, 2005 - Officials at the Experimental Aircraft Association today mourn the loss of a pilot and two passengers involved in an airplane accident yesterday during an educational event involving EAA Young Eagles flights in the Greater Seattle, Washington area.
The educational program involved a group of students of an aviation-oriented vocational high school. Pilots from local EAA chapters had volunteered to give the students free flights in their general-aviation airplanes. The Piper Cherokee 140 airplane went down in the vicinity of Paine Field, an airport in Everett, Washington, just north of Seattle.

“We are deeply saddened by the news of this tragic accident. Our hearts and deepest sympathies go out to the families and friends of the three individuals whose lives were lost,” said Tom Poberezny, EAA president.


http://www.eaa.org/



The accident marks the first fatalities among the approximately 1,200,000 Young Eagles whom EAA members have flown since EAA launched the program in 1992 .

Very sad. And two of them were so young too. A tragic loss.

My condolences for the family of the pilot and passengers.

Eric

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Keep 'em flying!

Tragic, truely tragic.

i am truly sorry, & i'm at a loss for words when children are fatalities. god bless them.

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!