![]() Warren Vest called her about Feik’s plane. Another 100 are on a waiting list.The original plan to obtain a Cessna didn’t materialize, so they put an ad in a flying magazine for a donation plane. Thirty British International School students quickly signed up to build a plane in fall 2016. They would get together at national aviation conferences, and they came up with the idea of working together to pursue a Build A Plane club in America.Ī logical place to start was Benson Viteri’s school. Serendipitously, two years ago at a local restaurant, Benson Viteri met pilot Lucia Mencia, who shares Benson Viteri’s passion for bringing aviation into young people’s lives. When she moved to Washington to teach at the British International School four years ago, she looked for the same opportunity here and couldn’t find it. ![]() She has been deeply involved in helping deaf and disabled people to fly. Their work has connected them with late aviation legend Mary Feik, her 1952 Piper, Civil Air Patrol and world-class mechanics to create an extraordinary opportunity for young people.īenson Viteri has built over 10 RV kit planes through Build A Plane programs in the United Kingdom. Melinda Benson Viteri and Lucia Mencia created DC Youth Aviation-Build A Plane in 2016 with the hope of lighting the fire to fly in others by building a viable airplane. ![]() Two Washington, D.C.-area women, ignited by their passion to fly, have teamed up to teach young people the painstaking work of restoring a legacy plane. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |