W6&66 dat,' Jue 1, '1996 ThaO MiItigatt Daily - 3 flyig club welcomes students By Yvo Maldonado Daily Staff Reporter Learning to fly a plane may not be a common urge for students, but slipping into the driver's seat of a Cessna 152 will provide a unique experience they won't soon forget.' With the assistance of the University Flyers Club, students are granted such opportunity. he University Flyers was founded by a group of undergraduate students in 1969. It is an officially recognized stu- dent organization, but receives no financial support from the University, said John Baker, a certified flight instructor. The Flyers held an open house Saturday at the Ann Arbor airport to lure new members, in hopes of expand- ing the club's membership. MARGARET MYERS/Da The club currently has about 400 Darren Marsh, an Ypsilanti doctor, examines a plane at the Ann Arbor airport on embers with 200 active members and Saturday at the University Flyers' Club open house. 200 social members. The open house, usually held monthly, allows the Flyers should draw people to join the Flyers. to show off airplanes and offers people "That's the number one reason, I a chance to learn more about the club. think, for anyone to be in U of M Flyers, As part of the open house, the club is either to learn to fly, or to fly some of offered perspective members Discovery the nicest airplanes around Ann Arbor," Flights, in which an instructor explains Smith said. how Flyers membership works and how Chief Flight Instructor Finlay Beaton the airplanes run. For only $25, the said the club is made up of people of all ,tructor takes students for a half-hour ages. bur flight above Ann Arbor - some- "Flyers range in age from 17 to 60 times allowing students the chance to and are about 30 percent University stu- take the airplane's controls. dents and faculty," said Finlay Beaton, Compared to other flying clubs in chief flight instructor. "You won't find Michigan, the Flyers is relatively inex- nicer planes in the country, of this type, pensive and boasts one of the largest trainers." Beaton said. memberships. Students do not need any The club currently has seven air- flight experience to join the club. planes, three Cessna 152 trainers, a "The initial membership fee is a lot Cessna 172, a Cessna 182 and a less, the monthly fees are about the Beechcraft Debonair. MARGARET MYERS/Da -same as the other one's are," Certified Most new pilots begin in the trainers. An aerial view of campus taken from ight Instructor Scott Darish said. "But The average training required for a pilot one of the Flyers' planes. the aircraft we fly here, compared to license is 60 hours with a session lasting some of the other aircrafts, are quite a about 2 hours, a half hour of ground fied flight instructors, seven full-tir bit nicer." work and an hour and a half of dual fly- and six part-time. Deano Smith, another certified flight ing. For more Flyers information, c, instructor, said the quality of airplanes The Flyers are comprised of 13 certi- (313) 994-6208. CANCER Continued from Page 1 angular cascade of the skyline and the perpendicular jut of the facade sets it apart from the medical metro- politan. An observer cannot help but be struck by the appearance of the building. "I think it is amazing, the architecture is just beautiful," said Jim Smallish, a registered nurse who hopes someday to work in the facility. But the $88 million building - ,which boasts six floors of research and three floors of treatment facilities - is more than just pleasing to the eye. "A facility like this adds to the whole University," Engler said. 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