High school students get helicopter flight lesson
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Camptonville Academy student Alex Gowin, 18, rides in a helicopter with pilot Mark Minkema over Yuba City on Saturday. The opportunity was made possible by the Young Eagles program, a national organization that gives youth an opportunity to learn more about aviation.
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High school students get helicopter flight lesson.
For a minute, Alex Gowin said, "I forgot we were flying."
That's how the Camptonville Academy senior described the start of her first helicopter flight.
Hovering over the Feather River with a 180-degree view of the world passing by in Mark Minkema's Hiller helicopter, Gowin, 18, s. Read High school students get helicopter flight lesson...
