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Area young people ages 8 to 17 will have a chance to take to the skies on Saturday, Aug. 9, starting at 9 a.m. as Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 307 hosts a Young Eagles Flight Rally near the Civil Air Patrol hangar at the La Crosse Airport.

The Young Eagle flights are provided free of charge by local EAA pilots. The rally is part of the EAA Young Eagles Program, created to interest young people in aviation.

Pilots at the event also will explain more about their airplanes, allowing young people to discover how airplanes work and how pilots ensure safety is the prime concern before every flight.

After the flight, each participant will receive a certificate making him or her an official Young Eagle. Their names will then be entered into the “World’s Largest Logbook,” which is on permanent display at the EAA Air Adventure Museum in Oshkosh, Wis. The logbook also is accessible on the Internet at www.youngeagles.org.

Those attending the flight rally are asked come to the east side of the La Crosse airport, in the parking lot east of the control tower and near the building marked CAP (Civil Air Patrol).

Flights will begin at 9 a.m. and end at noon.

Additional information about EAA and the EAA Young Eagles program is available on the Internet. Access to EAA’s Home Page is available at www.eaa.org. The Young Eagles Web page is www.youngeagles.org.