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Youth pilot program gives Chicago youths a chance to fly
At an Indiana airstrip, veteran instructors mentor teens from Robbins Illinois and Chicago to earn aviation wings. Mark Hardy 16 of Robbins nears his pilot license as founder Patrick Carron notes the Aviation Scholarship Foundation has awarded over $50,000 in scholarships since 1995. Hardy’s grade progress rose with flying, linking math to aviation. He aims for the Air Force Academy and a future as a fighter pilot or airline pilot.
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Indiana
Robbins
Ford Heights
Harvey
Chicago
South Side
Mark Hardy
Cone
Los Angeles
Hardy
Patrick Carron
Aviation Scholarship Foundation
Carron
Richards Ee School
Oak Lawn
Lake Village
Ind
Wally Gleason
Mark
Gleason
Park Forest South Aviation Group
Air Force Academy