Prior to Friday’s kickoff, a jet flyover by Leading Edge Aviation Foundation will take place over Bomber Stadium.
The flyover was requested by football parents and fuel was sponsored by the Hitchin’ Post and the Blue Diamond Marina. The Provost jet, flown by Sean Sweeney, is a British trainer aircraft retired from service in 1993 to fly in air races, airshows, and other aviation events. Friday night the jet, capable of 440 miles per hour and 37,000 feet altitude, will fly over the field at 250 miles an hour at 1,000 feet to honor Bomber students, parents and fans – those at the Homecoming game, and those that could not be there this year.
The Leading Edge Aviation Foundation (LEAF) is a group of local pilots that work to provide resources to educate, encourage and grant financial assistance to people interested in aviation who might otherwise be excluded. Ongoing programs include bringing aviation based STEM curriculum to the schools, maintaining an aviation learning center and library with flight simulator at the airport, granting scholarships to deserving students for aviation education and supporting school aviation clubs. Currently LEAF manages two aircraft in a flight training operation that has trained more than 15 pilots in the last
year, leading to solo flight, private pilot certificates and advanced instrument ratings.
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