On the occasion of the 19 May Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day, Turkish pilot Selçuk Konarolu, who lives in England, conducted a special flight with 6 children. During the pre-flight preparations, Konarolu spoke with the children and informed them about the flight. The children had unforgettable moments with the flight.

“I wanted to reach our children and young people and organize such an event together with them by combining the 23 April National Sovereignty and Children’s Day, donated by the Great Leader Mustafa Kemal Atatürk to the children of the world, and the 19 May Youth and Sports Day celebrations addressed to the youth,” Konarolu said after the flight. “Our children, like all children around the world, are gifted. I wanted to introduce them to aviation by performing an effective and safe flight,” he added.

Stating that the flights take place in 2 different time zones, Konaroğlu said, “Our children really liked it. We made our flight by giving technical information about where to go, how to fly, how planes fly, and technical information that children can understand. By allocating more space to these activities, we want to include our children and young people in aviation and introduce them to airplanes and the sky. We are trying to fulfill our duties as aviators, corresponding to the order of our Great Leader Atatürk, “The future is in the skies”. We are our children’s past, but our children are our future, so we had a great day with them today. The smiles on their faces worth the whole world.”