Sat, Jul 30, 2011
One-Of-A-Kind 2012 Muscle Car Brings Some Muscle To EAA Youth
Programs
A one-of-a-kind “Blue Angels” edition 2012 Ford
Mustang GT sold for $400,000 at the Gathering of Eagles
charity auction Thursday evening. The auction took place during the
Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture Oshkosh 2011,
the world’s greatest aviation celebration. A man from
California purchased the vehicle. All proceeds from the car
donation and sale will benefit the EAA Young Eagles organization,
which has provided free introductory flights to more than 1.6
million young people since 1992 while also teaching the value of
hard work, personal responsibility and enhanced math and science
skills.
The “Blue Angels” edition
joins three other one-of-a-kind Mustangs created by the Ford design
and engineering teams for the EAA Young Eagles Auction in recent
years, each generating excitement among aviation and automotive
enthusiasts alike. Since 2006, Ford vehicles sold at EAA AirVenture
auction events have collectively raised more than $1.7 million to
support Young Eagles.
“The precision, discipline and excitement that define the
U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels flight team are qualities we
celebrate at Ford,” said Edsel B. Ford II, a member of
Ford’s board of directors. “With this year’s
beautiful ‘Blue Angels’ edition Mustang GT, we’ve
captured those qualities and paired them with the innovation Ford
design and engineering team members build into all of our vehicles.
Through this project, we take great pride in continuing our support
for EAA and the Young Eagles organization.”
The Ford “Blue Angels” Mustang pays tribute to 100
years of naval aviation, celebrated all week at AirVenture 2011 as
part of the show’s Tier 1 event status from the U.S. Navy
tied to its yearlong Centennial of Naval Aviation
festivities.
The Young Eagles Auction is part of the EAA Gathering of Eagles at
the EAA AirVenture Museum. The Gathering of Eagles annually draws
more than 1,000 aviation enthusiasts in support of Young Eagles and
other EAA programs that inspire young people to become engineers,
aviators, astronauts, scientists and innovators – the
aviation pioneers of tomorrow.
“Ford is a longtime supporter of EAA and our mission to
showcase the finest innovation and technology in flight,”
said Tom Poberezny, EAA and AirVenture chairman. “The high
interest among aviators in the U.S. Navy and the ‘Blue
Angels’ Mustang team made this a very sought-after item,
ensuring EAA’s ability to do some amazing things for our
future aviation enthusiasts.”
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