--- title: 'Young Eagles Workshop a Great Success!' url: 'https://www.eaa27.org/young-eagles-workshop-a-great-success' markdown: 'https://www.eaa27.org/young-eagles-workshop-a-great-success.md' date: '2022-03-17' description: 'On Saturday, March 12th, EAA Chapter 27 hosted a Young Eagles Workshop for youth ages 11-17 at Meriden Markham Airport. Participants attended four different aviation workshops on topics such as the aerodynamics of flight, flight instruments and navigation, metal working, and electrical concepts. …' taxonomy: category: - blog tag: - journal - ye - 'young eagles' - 'donna shea' - workshop - hands-on - education --- ![gold chapter](https://www.eaa27.org/user/themes/eaa-mods/images/logo.png) # [Young Eagles Workshop a Great Success!](https://www.eaa27.org/young-eagles-workshop-a-great-success) 17th Mar 2022 ![](https://www.eaa27.org/images/d/3/9/d/c/d39dc4fd55ad5a9dcfe351de9eeb566e7df997d2-img1882.jpg) On Saturday, March 12th, EAA Chapter 27 hosted a Young Eagles Workshop for youth ages 11-17 at Meriden Markham Airport. Participants attended four different aviation workshops on topics such as the aerodynamics of flight, flight instruments and navigation, metal working, and electrical concepts. For lunch, participants were treated to pizza as well as five guest speakers including a recent graduate from a college aviation program who is now a local flight instructor, a professional pilot, an airport manager, an Engineer and aerial photographer, and our current Ray Scholar who is nearing the completion of his Private Pilot Certificate. In total, we hosted 25 participants, from 10 surrounding towns. Seven of the participants were from Meriden and Wallingford and seven of the participants were girls! The event involved many volunteer hours of planning and presentations by close to 15 of the EAA Chapter 27 members. It became clear by the end of the day that we inspired many young aviation enthusiasts to join our ranks! We are looking forward to our next Young Eagles Rally which will take place on Saturday, June 11th (rain date June 12th). A special THANK YOU goes out to all of our Chapter 27 members who volunteered for this successful youth event and to Constance Castillo, Meriden Airport Manager, for her continued support of the EAA Chapter 27 youth events. [ Previous Post](https://www.eaa27.org/lovely-holiday-banquet) [Next Post ](https://www.eaa27.org/chapter-wins-silver-status-from-eaa) # Young Eagles Workshop a Great Success! ## Search ## Next Meeting ### Sunday, October 18, 2026 10 am at KMMK --- ## Meetings Meetings are generally held at 10am on the third Sunday of the month in the FBO at **Meriden-Markham Municipal Airport**(KMMK) 213 Evansville Avenue Meriden, CT 06451 [See map](http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?address=213%20Evansville%20Ave&city=Meriden&state=CT&zipcode=06451-5155&country=US&title=%3Cb%3E213%20Evansville%20Ave%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%20%2F%3E%20Meriden%2C%20CT%2006451-5155%2C%20%20US&cid=lfmaplink2&name=) For more information contact Rick Beebe, Membership Coordinator --- ## Upcoming Events | Date | Event | |---|---| | 10/18/2026 | Chapter Meeting, 10:00am at MMK | | 10/25/2026 | Run the Runway 5K Rally | | 11/15/2026 | Chapter Meeting, 10:00am at MMK | | 1/9/2027 | Holiday Banquet, 5pm Manor Inn, Southington | | 1/17/2027 | Chapter Meeting, 10:00am at MMK | | 2/21/2027 | Chapter Meeting, 10:00am at MMK | | 3/21/2027 | Chapter Meeting, 10:00am at MMK | | 4/18/2027 | Chapter Meeting, 10:00am at MMK | | 5/16/2027 | Chapter Meeting, 10:00am at MMK | | 6/12/2027 | International Young Eagles Day | | 6/27/2027 | Chapter Meeting, 10:00am at MMK | | 7/26 - 8/1/2027 | EAA AirVenture Oshkosh | | 8/22/2027 | Chapter Meeting, 10:00am at MMK | | 9/19/2027 | Chapter Meeting, 10:00am at MMK | | 10/17/2027 | Chapter Meeting, 10:00am at MMK | | 11/21/2027 | Chapter Meeting, 10:00am at MMK | This site was built using [Grav](http://getgrav.org) and the [Open Matter Course Hub](http://learn.hibbittsdesign.org/coursehub). Copyright 2025, EAA Chapter 27 --- ## Navigation - Parent: [Home](https://www.eaa27.org/index.md) - Previous: [Chapter Wins SILVER Status from EAA](https://www.eaa27.org/chapter-wins-silver-status-from-eaa.md) - Next: [Lovely Holiday Banquet](https://www.eaa27.org/lovely-holiday-banquet.md)