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Students Spread Their Wings
Tribune photo by JULIE BUSCH
Pilot Tom McLinsky directs Elijah DeWolf, a student at Stewart Middle Magnet School, into his Sesna 172 before taking flight from the Tampa Executive Airport Saturday. About 60 students from Stewart Middle School and Burnett Middle School were given free flights as part of the Young Eagles Association.
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Published: March 8, 2009
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TAMPA - About 60 students took to the skies Saturday, getting bird's-eye views of Hillsborough County as part of a partnership with the Young Eagles Association.
Four pilots donated their time and fuel costs to offer free flights from Tampa Executive Airport, formerly Vandenberg Airport, to the youngsters from Stewart Middle Magnet School and Burnett Middle School.
Stewart student Austin Morgan, 13, had his first-ever flight in the Silver Lady, a 1946 Aircoupe piloted by Earl Groff.
"It was very windy," Austin said.
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