Experimental Aircraft Fly-in Event Raises Money for Student Scholarships

RV Nation, based in Sherrills Ford, NC, is an organization comprised of experimental aircraft owners, builders, and enthusiasts from all over the world. It was created by Scott Brown, a South Charlotte Middle School math teacher and Science Olympiad coach, to revive the grass roots of flying as well as to generate aviation interest in today’s youth so as to preserve the sport of experimental flight for generations to come.

In his endeavor to increase young people’s interest in flight, Brown has developed programs designed to attract and engage students with the fields of Aviation and Aerospace. One of these programs is the RV Nation Aviation Scholarship Fund that provides scholarships to outstanding high school students wanting to further their post-secondary education in the fields of Aviation or Aerospace.

RV Nation hosted their first fly-in the weekend of November 6th at the Deerfield Resort, a beautiful flying community located in the Cumberland Mountains of LaFollette,Tennessee, on Norris Lake.

Attendees enjoyed the many Van’s Aircraft RV experimental aircraft (from which RV Nation takes its name) that flew in for the event from throughout the southeast, including places in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, South Carolina, and North Carolina.

Everyone enjoyed an outstanding smoked BBQ lunch while listening to “Shake Ragg”, a local up-
and-coming southern-rock and country band. The day was filled with great entertainment, aviation fun, food, and fellowship, all the while raising money and interest for the RV Nation Scholarship Program. When the day had ended, over $500 had been raised for student scholarships.

“It was our first fly-in”, said Brown, “and for the first one, I think we were very successful. The money raised from this event will all go towards our Aviation Scholarship Program. Needless to say, I am very excited about that”.

Brown and his wife, Dr. Tracy Brown, a child psychologist and university professor, are also in the process of developing summer camps designed for kids entering into the 6th, 7th, and the 8th grades. These camps are designed to focus on designing, building, creating, and testing, similar to events competed in for the North Carolina Science Olympiad. “We are excited to hold our camps this coming summer,” said Brown. “The camps are aligned with STEM directives and activities (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math), and will be high energy and a lot of fun for all the campers.
The kids are going to have a blast!”

For more information, please contact Scott Brown at rvnation.scott@gmail.com.

Shake Ragg

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RV-Nation is an organization of Van's Aircraft RV and Harmon Rocket enthusiasts. Our mission is to grow experimental aviation by educating our youth about experimental aircraft, and to provide the means to further aviation and aerospace education for outstanding students. Funds raised by RV-Nation through merchandise sales, fly-ins, memberships, and donations are used to support the RV-Nation Aviation Scholarship Program, which creates student college scholarships and develops programs that provide hands-on aircraft building skills for high school students. Please join us in our endeavors to help pave the way for our aviation future. Don't forget to mark your calendars for the RV-Nation Fly-in on October 6th at Deerfield Resort (TN44). We are really excited to announce the entertainment for the fly-in: Shake Ragg, a country, southern rock band that is quickly growing in popularity all over the southeast. We are very fortunate to have them play for us at our fly-in. This is going to be really fun and something you don't want to miss! Plan to arrive as early as 8:30 and enjoy the day of fun, friends, food, entertainment and, of course, great RV's! Airport frequency is 122.9. Make your initial landing your best on arrival, as it will be your automatic entry for the spot landing contest. The band will start around 1:00 and play until 4:00 or so. We will have a golf cart rally that that will begin around 12:00, and of course, some great food BBQ, baked beans, coleslaw, and peach cobbler will be served throughout the afternoon. There will be a Best of Show contest for best RV, so make sure your RV is looking its very best. We have great prizes for all contest winners. For those that want to camp with their planes, we will have an area set up for camping along with a little get together in the evening after things slow down a bit. Entrance to the fly-in will be 10/person and the golf cart rally entry fee is 20 per person. All funds raised by the fly-in support the RV-Nation Aviation Scholarship Program for outstanding high school students wanting to further their education in aviation or aerospace. We look forward to seeing you all there. In order to help us with our numbers for food, please send a quick PM to tell us you are coming. Come join the fastest growing Van's RV Organization in the country. Visit us on Facebook at:

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