photo by: John Young

Bridget Cary, 15, Lawrence, tries on a flight helmet as she sits inside a LifeStar helicopter during the 2011 Kansas Aviation Youth Camp at the Lawrence Municipal Airport.

photo by: John Young

Brooks Barber inspects an airplane during the Kansas Aviation Youth Camp on Saturday at the Lawrence Municipal Airport.

photo by: John Young

Participants of the Kansas Aviation Youth Camp gather around an airplane to learn about its controls and instruments Saturday at the Lawrence Municipal Airport.

photo by: John Young

Brooks Barber pushes Pierce Hartley around in a wheelbarrow as Karen Kellogg watches during the Kansas Aviation Youth Camp on Saturday at the Lawrence Municipal Airport. The wheelbarrow exercise was meant to allow camp participants to experience how an airplane maneuvers in the air.

photo by: John Young

From left, Easton Kewley and August Murphy-Beach sit inside a cockpit while Richard Haig teaches them about the instruments of the aircraft during the Kansas Aviation Youth Camp on Saturday at the Lawrence Municipal Airport.

photo by: John Young

Vicki Robbins speaks to participants of the Kansas Aviation Youth Camp about her job as a LifeStar flight paramedic Saturday at the Lawrence Municipal Airport.

photo by: John Young

Participants of the Kansas Aviation Youth Camp watch as a World War II-era P-51 Mustang flies past on its way to Topeka at the Lawrence Municipal Airport.