Lakeland Aero Club\u2026by the Numbers

LAKELAND AERO CLUB

OUR MISSION: “MAKING TOMORROW’S GREATEST AVIATORS…TODAY

FOUNDED BY JAMES RAY IN 2010,

LAC became active SEPTEMBER 2012 as an after-school activity

MEMBERSHIP IS OPEN TO YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 14 AND 24

LAKELAND AERO CLUB RESIDES IN A 12,500 SQUARE FOOT HANGAR/CLUBHOUSE BUILT BY MR. RAY IN 2017

THE HANGAR IS LOCATED NEXT TO A 2200' GRASS RUNWAY, on the SUN ‘n FUN Expo Campus, at Lakeland Linder International Airport

LAKELAND AERO CLUB BECAME A 501(C)(3), NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATION IN FEB 2015

TO DATE THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 160 TEENAGE MEMBERS CURRENTLY 63 ACTIVE LAC MEMBERS

OUR FLEET OF AIRCRAFT HAS GROWN from a single Cub restored by the members, to 3 FLYING AIRPLANES, 5 PROJECT AIRPLANES and a REDBIRD FMX FULL MOTION FLIGHT SIMULATOR

OUR MISSION: “MAKING TOMORROW’S GREATEST AVIATORS…TODAY”

ACTIVITIES

MEMBERS HAVE PILOTED AIRCRAFT TO OSHKOSH, WI FOR THE EAA AIRVENTURE 5 TIMES

26 TEENAGERS HAVE PILOTED AIRCRAFT TO OSHKOSH, WI WITH THE OLDEST PILOT JUST 19

MEMBERS HAVE FLOWN TO THE THOMASVILLE, GA FLY-IN 5 TIMES

MEMBERS HAVE FLOWN TO TRIPLE TREE AERODROME, WOODRUFF, SC 3 TIMES AND PARTICIPATED IN THE 1ST ANNUAL TRIPLE TREE YOUTH FLY-IN

MEMBERS HAVE FLOWN TO FREEPORT, GRAND BAHAMA 3 TIMES AND BECAME THE 1ST INTERNATIONAL ARRIVAL TO LAKELAND LINDER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

YOUNG PILOTS HAVE LOGGED OVER 780 CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT HOURS

STUDENTS HAVE LOGGED OVER 1200 FLIGHT HOURS IN THE AEROCLUBS’ REDBIRD FMX FULL MOTION FLIGHT SIMULATOR

2/3 OF MEMBERS ARE INTERESTED IN BECOMING AIRCRAFT MECHANICS AND AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERS

MEMBERS RESTORED A PIPER L-18C AND FLEW IT FROM LAKELAND, FL TO OSHKOSH, WI

MEMBERS HAVE ACQUIRED MORE THAN 12,500 HANDS ON SHOP HOURS

SUPPORT

Lakeland Aero Club is supported by fundraising activities by its young members and contributions from generous donors as well as a team of adult mentors who are flight instructors, A&P mechanics, IAs and engineers who continue the MISSION of: MAKING TOMORROW’S GREATEST AVIATORS…TODAY

Lakeland Aero Club 3952 James C. Ray Drive, Lakeland Fl. 33811 • www.lakelandaeroclub.org • Facebook: @thelakelandaeroclub