The Vintage Aircraft Association’s Charles W. Harris Youth Aviation Center at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. [Credit: Jeremy King]
Key Takeaways:
The Vintage Aircraft Association (VAA) promotes certain vintage aircraft models (e.g., Taylorcraft, Luscombe, Aeronca) as affordable entry points into aviation for new pilots, retaining good resale value.
The VAA officially opened the Charles W. Harris Youth Aviation Center at EAA AirVenture to provide hands-on aircraft maintenance and repair experience for youth.
The center aims to introduce young people to aviation careers, teach them basic maintenance skills, and foster a sense of community and belonging among participants.
The program's design, which includes young advisers, is partly inspired by the Youth Aviation Program (YAP) where students earn flight instruction by restoring vintage aircraft.
OSHKOSH, Wisconsin—Not every type of aircraft has skyrocketed in value like Skyhawks and Cherokees in recent years.
Within the vintage community, a number of simple aircraft designs from Taylorcraft, Luscombe, and Aeronca haven’t surged quite like much of the market and remain a value for folks looking to get into aviation.
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