Category: Cleveland High School

Hands That Build Flight

Written by Corbin Winters

Students, mentor, aviation instructor, and Cleveland High School administrators manually attach the wings on their experimental aircraft kit. Construction started August 2023. Wednesday, April 27, 2026 (Photo by Corbin Winters)

Blurry reflections of focused students stare back from the aluminum shell as the high pitch drill echoes inside a portion of their high school’s old library. Due to partnership with the Tango Flight Program, aircraft construction has found a new home at Cleveland High School, CHS.  

“It’s getting more of a hands-on type of experience,” Garrett says. “They learn about different systems of aircrafts. Then they participate in putting that system together.”

Garrett first developed a love for aviation at a young age. While in middle school, Garrett got the opportunity to fly in a “little low-wing Piper Cherokee aircraft,” instantly infatuating him with flight. 

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