Embry-Riddle Back In The Air Jan. 16

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Just three weeks after tornadoes destroyed most its training aircraft, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s (ERAU’s) Daytona Beach campus will resume flight training Jan. 16. ERAU is leasing airplanes from other flight schools, Cessna dealers and several individuals to replace the 40 airplanes that were tossed to destruction by two Christmas Day tornadoes. The twisters also did substantial damage to nine of the campus’s buildings. EAA sent an alert to its members looking for Cessna 172s for the university to borrow and hundreds of responses were received. AVweb is spearheading a fundraising drive to help the university mitigate insurance deductibles and other non-insured costs arising from the storm. The tornadoes turned many of the airplanes into barely-recognizable heaps and the university’s call for replacement aircraft was swiftly rewarded, particularly by EAA members. “It shows again what EAA and its members are all about,” EAA’s Director of Marketing, and ERAU alumnus, Rick Larsen said. “We at EAA headquarters simply made the need known to our fellow members and they energized the response. EAA members know schools such as Embry-Riddle represent the future of aviation and immediately stepped forward to assist.”

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