Gary students get hands-on as they learn about aviation

Aviation Day lets students’ STEM dreams take flight

Jay’Liana Bailey put on the virtual reality headset and held a set of controls in each hand as she began flying a virtual airplane. “I liked it, at first it was confusing, but then I understood it,” said the freshman from Gary’s 21st Century Charter School. Purdue professional flight major Harrison Kane, of New Albany, Indiana, displays a canister of aviation fuel during the Aviation Day and Youth Expo at the Gary/Chicago International Airport i…

Gary students get hands-on as they learn about aviation

Over 400 middle and high school students from eight Gary schools were in attendance for Gary/Chicago International Airport's Aviation Day and Youth Expo on Tuesday.