Pilot Gene Bunt checked the oil in his 1946 Ercoupe 415C before taking 8-year-old Robert Lassonde up for a ride to become a certified Young Eagle during Saturday’s open house at Eagles Nest Airport in West Creek. A slightly nervous Lassonde leaned against the wing of the small aircraft, watching closely as Bunt showed him the engine and assured him this plane was designed with extra-special safety features.
Bunt is the Young Eagles program coordinator and chapter secretary of the Ocean County Chapter of the Experimental…
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