The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) has launched its “Mission 2.5” initiative, calling on members to help reach 2.5 million Young Eagles flown before next year’s EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in July 2026. Since its start in 1992, the Young Eagles program has introduced youth to aviation through the efforts of more than 50,000 EAA-member pilots.

“We now see its effect in developing two generations of pilots,” said EAA CEO and Chairman Jack J. Pelton. “We are now calling upon EAA members to reach the next big milestone of 2.5 million Young Eagles flown in the next 10 months and to celebrate this achievement with us at Oshkosh next July.”

As of September 24, 2025, the program has recorded 2,453,776 flights. Young Eagles have flown in everything from hot air balloons to corporate jets, spa

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