Kids fly free at Young Eagles Rally

FALLBROOK — Local young people will have a chance to take to the skies on Saturday, October 17, when Friends of the Fallbrook Community Airpark and Chapter 1279 of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EEA), French Valley Airport, host a Young Eagles Flight Rally at the Fallbrook Airpark, 2155 South Mission Road.

Young Eagles is an international program of the EAA in which young people, ages 8 to 17, are given short airplane rides as an introduction into the world of aviation. All time and expenses are donated by the pilots; there is no charge to the children.

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