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I belive the Girl Scouts have the same legal restrictions the Air
Cadets do, but not sure anymore. Worth taking a look at. I was
thinking Boys & Girls Club too, but the one thing that CAP and Air
Cadets brought to the table was a command structure and some
discipline, something that has been exhibited to be missing from many
groups.

Perhaps you are unaware of another branch of Boy Scouts, which is the
Explorers. They specialize, along career, or just special areas of
interest.

At Airventure, there is a base camp of around 100 boys and girls camping on
the grounds. They are Aviation Explorers from a wide area of the country
coming to participate, and volunteer their time, around 3 hours per day,
plus 20 or 30 adult advisors that also volunteer. The youth and adults get
some basic aircraft handling instruction, and I believe you could get a copy
of the tape. Training also helps looks after itself, in the fact that there
are almost half of each year's group returning for the next year.

Did you know that all of the aircraft parking at Airventure in the homebuilt
showplane area (mostly push in and push out to the burn line) is done by
Aviation Explorers? The adult advisors can get special training to do the
directing on the taxiways on the north half of 18-36. The only safety
restriction from the Boy Scouts is that they can not go past the burn line
until they are 16, and they may not touch a prop or spinner. The adults on
point have to be 16 (or 21) and have to attended 3 years before.

It takes a local core to organize the base camp (a local EAA chapter) and
see to the feeding and logistical needs of the group, but it is a great
success, and a very important part of the success of the show.

Look into it. Sounds like you could use the help.

(Anyone), E-mail me if you would like some further info. on Explorers, and
would like to have your EAA sponsor starting a local group. Our youth need
it! Eliminate the capital letters in my addy, and include Aviation
Explorers in the subject line.
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Jim in NC