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Campers learn ins, outs of flight: BG airport event gives kids unique opportunity
Posted: July 9th, 2009



Jul. 8--Ten-year-old Hunter Taylor has to wait six more years before he can drive a car.

But that isn't stopping him from flying a plane.

Today, Taylor of Welchs Creek will join more than 20 other campers in steering a Cessna 172 single-engine airplane 2,000 feet in the air over Bowling Green.

It's the fifth year for the Aviation Summer Camp at the Bowling Green-Warren County Regional Airport, and after a day of flight planning and simulation practice, the 10- to 15-year-olds will be taking over the skies once again with the Aviation Museum of Kentucky.

Hunter said when he steers the trainer plane to the Glasgow, Russellville or Portland, Tenn., turnaround points with the close guidance of a flight instructor, it actually will be the first time he has ever flown.

"I told my parents I was getting to actually fly a plane and my mom said I was living her dream because she's always wanted to fly in an airplane," Hunter said.

On Tuesday, the students spent the day learning about aeronautical maps for navigation and taking in the aircraft instruments, engine and design.

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