Fri, Sep 26, 2025
The EAA has its sights set on a monumental goal: To reach the 2.5 million mark for Young Eagles flown by next summer’s AirVenture fly-in and air show at Oshkosh.
During this year’s AirVenture in July, the tally stood at a little more than 60,000 flights short. That’s when the discussion about reaching 2.5 million began in earnest. EAA took note that Young Eagles pilots recorded almost 63,000 flights during the 30th anniversary of the program in 2022-23. A Cirrus SR22T crashed in a field near Macon County Airport (1A5) in Franklin, North Carolina, on September 18, missing an elementary school by just a couple hundred feet. All three occupants, songwriter Brett James, wife Melody Carole, and step-daughter Meryl Maxwell Wilson, tragically lost their lives in the incident. Three months after 260 people were killed in an Air India 787-8 crash, families of four victims have filed what will likely be the first of many lawsuits against both Boeing and Honeywell. They accuse the manufacturers of product defects and negligence, referencing an alleged issue with the fuel cutoff switch that could have caused the plane to lose power on takeoff. All this -- and
MORE in today's episode of Airborne-Unlimited!!!
Airborne 09.22.25 is chock full of info in this Daily News Episode, Monday, September 22nd, 2025... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Host Holland Lee. Holland is supported by ANN Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, as well as ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell. This episode covers:
- EAA Aiming For 2.5M Young Eagles By AirVenture 2026!
- Award-Winning Songwriter Among the Three Killed in Cirrus Crash
- Families of Air India 171 Victims Fire at Boeing, Honeywell
- Alabama Man Arrested For Shooting At Medical Helo
- Textron Adds Starlink Upgrade For Cessna Citation Latitude
- RCAF 15 Wing Moose Jaw Gets First 2 Astra II Aircraft
- Injured Hiker Rescued From Vancouver’s Mt. Seymour
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