Cadets have breakfast at the National Flight Academy Thursday at the Ephrata Airport. Ephrata has hosted the academy for 20 years largely because it has sleeping and dining facilities for the cadets onsite.
July 19, 2024
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Pilot program
Civil Air Patrol trains young fliers in Ephrata
EPHRATA — This week, that plane buzzing overhead could be piloted by a teenager. The Civil Air Patrol in Ephrata is holding its Desert Eagle National Flight Academy, for CAP cadets between the ages of 16 and 19. They’ll get intensive flight instruction for 10 days, both in powered planes and on the ground, learning , said Lt. Col. Sid Wiggs, the public affairs officer for the academy.