This camp meets daily at Oakland County Airport, Pontiac Flight Service on Airport Road.Children interested in flying into the wild blue yonder should definitely participate in this camp! Chip Rasher, Pontiac Flight Service’s owner, will be overseeing this exciting camp. Boys and girls, ages 10 and up are eligible for this 4-day program.

Groups of three, with instructor, will share time in their own Cessna 172 throughout the week. Monday – In the classroom, campers will spend time learning the fundamentals of flight, how to do a preflight, the basics of aircraft instruments and Aircraft OPS. Classroom time 2.5 hours. Tuesday – Campers will spend their time in the air concentrating on preflight, turns, climbs, descents, flight altitude, and basic maneuvers. Flight time 2.0 hours.Wednesday – Preflight, maneuvers, pattern work and takeoffs and landings will be the day’s topics. Flight time 2.0 hours. Thursday – The week will culminate in a cross-state trip to Kalamazoo Airport where campers will have lunch and a chance to tour the air museum. Flight time 3.0 hours.

Campers will receive a flight logbook in which they will be able to log their stick time. This will then be signed by their instructor and can later be applied as flight credit toward their private pilot’s license. The FAA requires 40 hours of flight time with an instructor for licensing. Friday will be reserved as a makeup day in case of inclement weather. Cost includes all flying, museum entrance fee, lunch on Thursday, and flight logbook

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Code	Dates	Times	Cost
PILOT1	June 11 - 14	9:30am - 12pm	$535 Non Member
PILOT2	June 25 - 28	Mon
PILOT3	July 9 - 12	9:30am - 12:30pm	$495 Member
PILOT4	July 16 - 19	Tues & Wed
PILOT5	July 23 - 26	8am - 3 pm
		Thurs

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Before and After Care Options

Children may be dropped off at Oakland Yard for breakfast as early as 7:30am. Campers will have a choice of several items each morning such as french toast, eggs, pancakes, muffins, cereal, etc. Breakfast Club runs from 7:30am - 9:00am Mon - Fri Costs: $59 for all five days or $15 per day. Sign-up the morning of or in advance Click HERE for more information After camp, your child can enjoy a well-rounded lunch and unlimited cold drinks with the camp staff. Children staying for Lunch Club will be encouraged to participate in daily activities ranging from capture-the-flag, four square, soccer and many others. And of course unlimited access to the largest slip-n-slide in Oakland County Lunch Club runs from 12:00pm to 3:00pm Mon - Fri Costs: $82 for all five days or $20 per day. Click HERE for more information Our "Working Parent" option is for families who need extended care after Lunch Club ends. Parents can either register for this program when they sign up for camps or the day of. Registration must be secured with a credit card. Working Parent runs from 3:00pm to 6:00pm Mon - Fri Costs: $6 per hour of care, accumulated charges will applied to credit card on Friday

What's What at OYA

Oakland Yard Summer Camps is continuing our passport program to ensure that we are a leader in safety by providing a worry free place for parents to leave their children. To accomplish this, we will continue to issue camper passports to all campers. In addition to our passport security measure, we will ask that you park your car and come into our gated-area each day to drop off and pick up your child. How It Works: Campers will use their passport on a daily basis to check in with their counselors. Counselors will use this passport and the information contained therein as a quick reference for attendance and emeregency information. Upon receipt of your child's passport, we request that you fill in the required information with a pencil. Campers passports will be returned to each them at the end of the day when their parent checks them out. There is a one time passport fee of $10 per child. This passport will never expire, it just needs to be updated with your childs current photo each year. Parents who want to pre-purchase ice cream and candy credits for campers can do so for any amount they desire. Why do this? It allows kids to have treat without carrying around cash. Our counselors will keep the passports in a safe place during the day then at noon and a predetermined time during lunch club and working parent the campers can redeem their credits for candy or ice cream. All ice cream and candy costs $1 Oakland Yard is once again offering transportation to and from our off-site camps for a nominal fee. To take advantage of transportation, kids need to be enrolled in either the Breakfast Club or Lunch Club. Click HERE for a transportation cost breakdown As overnight campers, we loved getting care packages from mom and dad. Our day campers can experience the same thrill with our OYA Mail Call. We have our own offical mailbox for you to deposit letters and care packages into when you drop them off in the morning. We will have Mail Call on Wednesday during Lunch Club, if your child is not in Lunch Club we will deliver the package on Thursday morning. In the event of rain, Oaklad Yard campers will participate in an indoor field day inside the dome. Campers may be asked to participate in activities othere than the camp they signed up for. Camps that generally go about their business on rain days: Sports & Games, Arts & Crafts, Soccer, Hip-Hop and Cheerleading. There will be no make-up days offered if a rain day should occure, except where noted.