GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — It’s not uncommon for fourth and fifth graders to have a fear of heights. But an after school program at Coit Creative Arts Academy in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is helping some students concur that fear and teaching them valuable skills.
As WZZM reports, the students in the program have spent the last several weeks doing something most adults never learn to do: Fly airplanes.
With the help of West Michigan Flight Academy instructor Keith Rickle, a former airline pilot, the students have spent several months in the classroom learning ground operations and in-flight procedures, using relatable lessons and games…