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Flight Experience For Youth 501c(3) organization funding flight training, ground school, and aviation experiences for youth.

09/25/2026

The Sugarbush Soaring | Vermont Glider Rides Fall Fly-In wasn’t just about the airplanes… it was also a day of supporting Flight Experience For Youth (FEFY)! 💙✈️

Visitors stopped by the FEFY tent throughout the day to learn more about our youth soaring camps, aviation experiences, and STEM opportunities - and even got to tour our new STEM Lab and see where some of that hands-on learning happens. 🔬✈️

And the best part? All proceeds from the Fall Fly-In benefited FEFY, helping us continue creating opportunities for young people to experience aviation, build new skills, and discover just how far their interests can take them.

A huge thank you to everyone who stopped by the tent, toured the lab, asked questions, volunteered, purchased food, or supported the Fly-In in any way. By coming out and enjoying the day, you were also helping the next generation soar. 💙

✈️ Follow along to see what FEFY has coming next!

09/11/2026

Imagine being a kid and THIS is your view from summer camp. 🤯✈️🏔️

For our FEFY campers, soaring isn’t something they just watch from the ground. Each camper gets 10 instructional flights during their week with us—giving them the chance to learn, build confidence, and experience views like these from the cockpit.

And the best part? Every flight is another opportunity to learn something new.

FEFY works to make experiences like these possible for young people with an interest in aviation, and the generosity of our donors and supporters helps us continue creating these opportunities. 💙

When you support FEFY, you’re helping the next generation get off the ground - literally. ✈️

👇 Know a young person who would LOVE a summer like this? Tag their family or share this Reel with them!

09/01/2026

So what does a week at FEFY camp actually look like? ✈️⛺️

Yes, there’s soaring - 10 instructional flights for every camper! But that’s only part of the experience.

🏕️ Camping under the stars
🌊 Swimming in the river
🔬 Hands-on STEM workshops
✈️ Ground school & aviation learning
🍽️ Yummy meals together
🔥 Bonfires & s’mores
💙 New friends and a whole lot of fun

This summer, 27 campers joined us for three week-long camps designed to help young people explore aviation while building confidence, learning new skills, and making the kind of summer memories that stick with you.

And thanks to the generosity of FEFY supporters, we’re able to help make opportunities like these possible for young people interested in aviation.

Because sometimes helping the next generation soar starts with giving them the chance to discover just how much they’re capable of. ✈️

👇 Which part of FEFY camp would YOU be most excited about?

08/30/2026

Not a bad view for summer camp. 😍✈️🏔️

This summer, our FEFY campers didn’t just learn about aviation from the ground—they got to experience it from the sky.

Across three week-long camps, 27 young people spent their days learning to soar, exploring aviation and STEM, building friendships, and experiencing everything that makes a summer at the gliderport so special.

And with 10 instructional flights for every camper, they got plenty of opportunities to take in views like these. 💙

Flying is just the beginning of what happens during a week at FEFY—and we can’t wait to show you more!

👇 Would this have been your dream summer camp as a kid?

08/28/2026

Flying is only part of what our campers get to explore. 🚁✈️

At our FEFY fundraising dinner, we got to showcase some of the incredible STEM learning our campers worked on during summer camp!

This demonstration featured a drone project campers helped with, showing how a drone could be used to deliver a supply package to a pretend lost person. 📦

It’s a great example of what FEFY is all about: giving young people hands-on opportunities to explore aviation, technology, engineering, teamwork, and real-world problem-solving.

And none of these experiences would be possible without the supporters who help make our programs happen. 💙

What would you have loved to learn about at aviation camp? Tell us below! 👇

08/24/2026

From working the line to flying solo in a single-seat sailplane. ✈️👏

Coleman has been part of our line crew for years, and along the way, he’s been learning to fly. Here he is taking another pretty exciting step in that journey: flying the 126.

What makes this flight so special?

In general aviation, most pilots learn a new aircraft with an instructor sitting right beside them. But in a single-seat aircraft, there’s no room for an instructor!

Before the flight, another pilot walks you through the aircraft from the ground - its controls, components, flying characteristics, and all the little quirks you need to know.

Then it’s just you and the airplane. 💙

Opportunities to fly a single-seat aircraft are relatively rare in aviation, but soaring is one of the places where pilots can have that experience.

It’s been pretty special watching Coleman grow from a member of our line crew into a pilot taking on new aircraft and new challenges.

👏 Give Coleman some love for his flight in the 126!

08/23/2026

The Line Crew Olympics continued with a challenge that put communication, teamwork, and driving skills to the test. 😂🏆

For the Golf Cart Challenge, one person had to navigate the slalom course completely blind while their teammate gave clear directions - all while trying to avoid the tires AND keep the water from spilling on our very innocent victim.

So who won? We’re calling this one a draw!

🏁 Team Silastian: 2:29 — slowest time, but a CLEAN run with no tires hit!

🏁 The Dream Team: 2:09 — fastest time, but ran over or hit a couple of tires along the way. 😬

🏁 A2 = X: 2:17 — right in the middle, with just one tire hit.

Turns out speed isn’t everything when precision counts! 😂

The competition may have ended in a draw, but the teamwork, communication, and laughs made this one a definite win.

👇 Which team gets YOUR vote?

08/22/2026

Turns out learning to soar involves a few skills on the ground, too. 🪢✈️

The daisy-chain challenge was part of our Line Crew Olympics, where youth put their line crew skills to the test!

The challenge: daisy-chain a tow rope as quickly as possible while keeping it neat AND making sure it will untie cleanly when it’s needed.

🏆 Silas and Sebastian took the win!

It’s all part of the experience—learning real skills, working together, having a little friendly competition, and becoming more confident around the gliderport.

👏 Give our daisy-chain champions some love in the comments!

08/18/2026

Thank you to all who came out for a wonderful dinner celebrating all FEFY has accomplished this year and helping to fundraise for the big goals we have for the future! It was a perfect evening with our beloved flying community and supporters! We couldn’t do it without you!!

08/08/2026

So well-deserved, Tim! Teaching is a whole new adventure, and you’re going to be fantastic at it! It feels like it was only yesterday when you joined the Line Crew family at Flight Experience For Youth Sugarbush Soaring | Vermont Glider Rides Tom.Anderson

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Warren, VT
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