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Do you have a project you will never finish?
Read this...inspiration and tax advantages!
I have a very enthusiastic principal and five teachers at Begich Middle
School who are seriously considering taking on a Build a Plane project. I also
have some potential volunteers with the expertise to assist them.
We thought we had a line on an older aircraft in need of reconstruction that was
part of an estate but that did not pan out. So I am turning to you all who may
know someone who knows someone who has a damaged or partially built kit airplane
(that someone can't or won't finish) that could be DONATED to a Build A Plane
Project. If the donation is done through Build A Plane, which is a 501(c)3
entity, the donor can get receive a tax benefit.
To my way of thinking, the best project would be a fabric aircraft that they
could take apart and then recontruct. I view this as potentially along term
project for middle school. Begich has a facility in which they can store the
aircraft and a technology classroom that has most of what they need - including
a technology teacher who is a pilot. But I am open to facilitating any kind of
aircraft we can get for them. This is an all volunteer effort. There are no
funding sources available that I know of at this time - and I would be ethically
precluded from asking for it anyway.
If you have any ideas or suggestions, I would readily welcome your input.
Angie Slingluff
Aviation and Space Education Coordinator
FAA Alaska Region AAL-30
907 271-5228
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