Special-needs children get their Day in the Sky Posted: Monday, Apr 23rd, 2007 BY: JON CHOWN
Nahara Garcias climbs out of an airplane after taking a 30-minute
flight over the Central Coast with her mother Sandra (seen in window)
and sister Mirial. The plane was piloted by Larry Wolfsen.
event happen.
“It’s a unified effort by a whole lot of people, caring for people who are less fortunate than we,” said pilot Larry Wolfsen.
Bob Sliter is in charge of the Young Eagles program of the local EAA.
Young Eagles already flies children aged 8 to 17 on the first Saturday
of the month during the spring and summer months, but Day in the Sky
takes a much larger volunteer effort than a normal Young Eagles
program. About 35 pilots were taking children up Saturday, nearly 30
more than usual.
“On our normal Young Eagles day we get about 50 kids — here, we’re
looking at 200, and I’m making a low estimate,” said Sliter. “But it’s
really, really worthwhile. It’s a great thing.”
