--- title: 'Young Eagles' url: 'https://www.eaa27.org/young-eagles' markdown: 'https://www.eaa27.org/young-eagles.md' date: '2026-09-15' description: "Our Chapter actively participates in EAA's Young Eagles program which offers free airplane rides to kids from age 8 to 17. We have two rallies per year and informal Young Eagle flights year-round. We made it well past our goal of flying 1,000 kids before December 2003 and we continue with an o…" taxonomy: category: - 'young eagles' - youth - flying tag: - young-eagles --- ![gold chapter](https://www.eaa27.org/user/themes/eaa-mods/images/logo.png) # Young Eagles [ ![Young Eagles](https://www.eaa27.org/user/pages/03.young-eagles/ye.gif)](http://www.youngeagles.org/) Our Chapter actively participates in [EAA's Young Eagles program](http://www.youngeagles.org/) which offers free airplane rides to kids from age 8 to 17. We have two rallies per year and informal Young Eagle flights year-round. We made it well past our goal of flying 1,000 kids before December 2003 and we continue with an on-going goal of flying at least 100 kids each year. To date we've flown over 2800 youngsters! The future of aviation rests with our youth, and the Young Eagles program has the goal of getting young folks interested in aviation, math, and science. We're doing our best to get the message out to local youth that FLYING IS FUN. Our next **Young Eagles Rally** will be on ## October 3, 2026 from 9am to 3pm ### Rain date October 4 from 9am to 3pm Pre-registration will be required at [eaachapters.org](https://eaachapters.org) before coming to the event. Registration opens on September 4. We hope to see you there! For more information, download our [Young Eagles Brochure](https://www.eaa27.org/young-eagles/YE%20Rally%2013Jun2026.pdf)or contact [Donna Shea](mailto:youngeagles@eaa27.org), the Chapter 27 Young Eagle Coordinator. | ![Ready to fly](https://www.eaa27.org/user/pages/03.young-eagles/kids.jpg) | ![Certified!](https://www.eaa27.org/user/pages/03.young-eagles/EOSR6-2022-10-29-0046.JPG) | |---|---| | ![Happy face](https://www.eaa27.org/user/pages/03.young-eagles/EOSR6-21-11-06-1792.JPG) | | ![Young ladies](https://www.eaa27.org/user/pages/03.young-eagles/EOSR6-2022-10-29-0015.JPG) | ![After the flight](https://www.eaa27.org/user/pages/03.young-eagles/EOSR6-2022-10-29-0033.JPG) | | ![Happy face](https://www.eaa27.org/user/pages/03.young-eagles/EOSR6-2022-10-29-0065.JPG) | | ![Young ladies](https://www.eaa27.org/user/pages/03.young-eagles/EOSR6-2022-10-29-0049.JPG) | ![After the flight](https://www.eaa27.org/user/pages/03.young-eagles/EOSR6-2022-10-29-0090.JPG) | | ![Young ladies](https://www.eaa27.org/user/pages/03.young-eagles/EOSR6-2022-10-29-0099.JPG) | ![After the flight](https://www.eaa27.org/user/pages/03.young-eagles/EOSR6-2022-10-29-0144.JPG) | | ![Young ladies](https://www.eaa27.org/user/pages/03.young-eagles/EOSR6-2022-10-29-0185.JPG) | ![After the flight](https://www.eaa27.org/user/pages/03.young-eagles/EOSR6-2022-10-29-0207.JPG) | # Young Eagles ## 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 - Previous: [Join/Renew](https://www.eaa27.org/join.md) - Next: [Resources](https://www.eaa27.org/resources.md)