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Young pilots and the Aviation Career Enhancement program
With a large number of pilots and others in the aerospace industry retiring in the next few years, aviation officials are looking to get young people and minorities involved in all aspects of flying.
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JULY 25, 2013-PEACHTREE CITY: Tariq Muhammad (left) & Khayton Morley with the Aviation Career Enrichment/Organization of Black Aerospace Professions summer program listened to Don Tagle's (hand in foreground) preflight instructions before they embarked on a "discover flight" from Atlanta Regional Airport Falcon Field in Peachtree City on Thursday July 25th, 2013. Teens were selected out of hundreds of applicants for the nationwide program to give them flight experience with instructors. With a large number of pilots and others in the aerospace industry retiring in the next few years, aviation officials are looking to get young people involved in all aspects of flying. PHIL SKINNER / PSKINNER@AJC.COM editor's note: CQ
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