WEATHER SAFETY Tom Meadows Recognized With 2023 Phillips 66 Aviation’s EAA Young Eagles Leadership Award

BY ANNA MCGHEE

Phillips 66 Aviation on Wednesday, July 26, announced the 2023 Phillips 66 Young Eagles Leadership Award winner is Tom Meadows, EAA member of Chapter 1073 in Truckee, California. This annual award recognizes exceptional Young Eagles volunteers who have continually supported the future of aviation by exceeding expectations.

“I have so many stories of flying youngsters through the skies and seeing their faces light up with excitement and joy,” Tom said. “From allowing youth to sit in the pilot’s seat to helping them taxi to the runway, flying with these kids is always an adventure.”

A retired naval air crewman, Tom was the Young Eagles coordinator for EAA Chapter 1073 for nearly five years. During those years, his EAA chapter held rallies in the Truckee region at different airports in smaller communities without chapters to introduce their youths to aviation.

Meadows has flown to more distant cities to help their chapters hold rallies. His wife, Lynn, a private pilot, gets to fly to and from the rallies, and serves as a ground volunteer while he flies kids. “It is important to us that we make aviation instruction as accessible to young people as possible, so flying from airport to airport is exciting for us.”

While he stepped down as a Young Eagle coordinator in 2020, Tom and Lynn still serve as ground and flight volunteers at rallies near and far.

In the fall, Tom plans to fly his 2,000th Young Eagles mission. By then he will have donated 1,500 flight hours of time in their Cessna 172, along with countless hours of volunteering on the ground.

“I am always mining for more Young Eagles. You never know when you are going to find a gem,” Tom said. “The future of aviation is in the hands of these kids, and I am proud to be a part of their journey.”

“I am always mining for more Young Eagles. You never know when you are going to find a gem.”

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