{"id":61650,"date":"2025-11-26T16:04:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T16:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/61650\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T16:04:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T16:04:08","slug":"flite-fest-inspiring-future-aviation-careers-for-south-florida-teens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/61650\/","title":{"rendered":"Flite Fest: Inspiring Future Aviation Careers for South Florida Teens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bocaratontribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/istockphoto-627667820-612x612-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C858&amp;ssl=1\" data-caption=\"Tilt shift blur effect. Planes and parachutist on airfield\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"858\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/istockphoto-627667820-612x612-1.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Tilt Shift Blur Effect. Planes And Parachutist On Airfield\"\/><\/a>Tilt shift blur effect. Planes and parachutist on airfield<\/p>\n<p>Attending Flite Fest turned into an eye-opening experience for 14-year-old Chavarus Johnson, who came home more energized and talkative than usual, according to his mother, Shanice.<\/p>\n<p>He told her that the drones first caught his attention, but the hands-on workshops left the biggest impression. One of his favorite parts of the day was getting the chance to simulate operating an airplane, something he talked about long after the event ended.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said he actually enjoyed himself and could see himself being a pilot,\u201d his mother said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The event offered her son the kind of exposure young people often don\u2019t get when thinking about their future. She felt that being in a real aviation environment helped him understand possibilities he hadn\u2019t considered before. \u201cIt exposed the children to a different environment, which gave them options,\u201d she said. \u201cBecause when kids become 18, and they\u2019re about to graduate, a lot of them don\u2019t know what they want to do as far as a career goes. And this actually brought in their options as far as choosing what route to go with their career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One moment that stood out for the family was Chavarus\u2019s interaction with pilot C. Ron Allen, who spent time speaking with the kids throughout the event. The brief connection made an impact, fueling Chavarus\u2019 passion for aviation even further.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This was Chavarus\u2019 first experience with Flite Fest, but the effect it had on him will last a lifetime. What started as a weekend outing ended up giving him a future in aviation he\u2019s excited to explore.<\/p>\n<p>This article was written by Natalee Kruzich under the supervision of Stacy Carchman.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tilt shift blur effect. Planes and parachutist on airfield Attending Flite Fest turned into an eye-opening experience for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61651,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[3339,3340,209,211,210,502,557],"class_list":["post-61650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-boca-raton-tribune","tag-boca-tribune","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news","tag-community","tag-palm-beach-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}