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Flight Log

March 2023

Exec. Director attended DE&I Seminar


EMBRAER: Aviation Day | Private Tour


Board Member: Commercial License


Flights: Zoey, Tiffany & LaToya


Florida Tech BSU's Black in STEM 

February 2023

Student Updates: EAA, CAP, OBAP


332d Heritage: 9 Flights | Video | Pilots


Mindr panel with Signature Aviation


2022 Annual Report released!


Sponsored 5 seats for OBAP's Explore Aerospace and ACE Academy


January 2023

Night Flights Part 1  |  Part 2


Police Officer Volunteer Honoree


Sponsor Shout: Embraer, MPD, Mr. Davis & Mr. McKinney


Annual 2022 video released!


Aviation & Engineering at Bayside

2022 Activities & Milestones

December 2022

Flight for 3 pax (video segment)


Intro Flight - Melbourne Flt Training


Make-up flight & pilot appreciation


3 Back-to-Back Flights for Siblings!


Aircraft Exhibit with New Shiloh


Movie Day: Devotion (1st Black Naval Aviator)

November 2022

Discovery Flight for a Veteran 


Embraer Magazine: Article  |  IG  |  Facebook


Spotlight post from FIT Alumni Assoc.


Flight Plan Exercise: Truth Revealed


Camera donation from Emma Jewel!

October 2022

2020 student flew a follow-up flight!


Announced 2022 Squadron Namesake


Completed the last lesson for 2022 curriculum: Cross-Country Planning


Annual Curriculum Commencement


Orlando Air & Space Show

September 2022

D.O.C.K. flights with Eckerd Connects 


Aviation program consultation at Golfview Elementary


Spoke on youth program at Tuskegee Airmen Nat'l  Convention


Two Discovery Flights (video)


Annual Aviation Fundamentals kick-off


Curriculum's Top sponsors announced

August 2022

Father/Daughter Flight Video


Drone Instruction: Tuskegee Airmen Inc.


Received grant from Collins Aerospace


Mid-year report & Scholarships directory


Discovery Flight - Holladay Aviation in JAX


Sponsored back-to-school supply giveaway

July 2022

Sponsored an Intro Flight remotely!


New donations from our Amazon List


Four sets of Discovery Flights, 12 Pax!


Received grant from Embraer Foundation


Fallon Pilot Shop donated course materials 

June 2022

Flight with Paragon in Fort Myers


Juneteenth Flights


Two Sets of Discovery Flights


"Top Gun: Maverick" movie night - Round Two!


Movie night to see "Top Gun: Maverick"


Drone Instruction with Tuskegee Airmen Inc.

MAY 2022

Discovery Flight from Board Member Clint Cunningham!


Squadron Student accepted into OBAP Ace Academy


Students attended Airshow for FREE!


New VR Headset (for Mobile Flight Sim) from New Sponsor: Tuskegee Airmen Inc.'s Central Florida Chapter


AC Headset repaired, thanks to donations!

April 2022

Board members networking at annual Sun-n-Fun Expo


Space Coast Black Chamber: Airplane Ride Raffle


Youth Discovery Flights 

March 2022

Night Flights with curriculum grads


Space Coast Black Chamber Social


Purchased Airshow Tickets for students


Ebony News Today article released

February 2022

"Adorn Before Flight" Interview


Infinity Aero Club Fly-In


Eckerd Connects' Video Released


Flight sim intro. training at New Shiloh, who's curriculum is provided by Embry Riddle 


AOPA Flight Training Magazine article

January 2022

ANNUAL VIDEO: Part 1 released 


Retained Attorney Alton Edmond


Article: Flights with Ty Moore & Eckerd Connects 


Drone Lessons with TAI Chapter


Received a donated Drone

2021 Activities & Milestones

December 2021

Released Annual Report for 2021


Participated in the Ivy Center for Education's Aviation Session (Pine Bluff, AR) 


Received grant from the City of Melbourne!


Received donations from Facebook's "Giving Tuesday"

November 2021

Attended and supported the Infinity Aero Club Fundraiser


Jet It flew to Melbourne where students checked out their HA-420 HondaJet and spoke with the pilots.


No U-Turn podcast interview was released

October 2021

Florida Today article was released, promoting the upcoming commencement ceremony


The final week of this year's curriculum featured black pilots and engineers teaching cross-country planning to our students 


Flew a family (7 kids & parents) on a discovery flight along the shoreline.


THE ORACLE magazine article was released (pg. 100)

September 2021

Officer Tasha Grey gave a lecture on bullying during Week #3 of our Aviation Curriculum. 


We begin our Fall 2021 Curriculum. This year's squadron (cohort) was named after Commander George S. "Spanky" Roberts.


We joined Amazon Smile, where portions of purchases made at SMILE.amazon.com are automatically allocated to our non-profit.

August 2021

AOPA Pilot Magazine article was released


Sponsored discovery flight at Lantana for a 7th grader with Aamro Aviation


Held a free museum visit at the Valiant Warbird Command's monthly fly-in for our previous Fall 2020 class of students


Received a grant from Collins Aerospace!  

July 2021

Representatives from FIT Aviation discussed upcoming collaborations



Scheduled an "Intro. to Aviation" session with Knuckle Bones Creative Kids Club



Flight Video: We took two kids on a Discovery Flight with their mom!  



Purchased a new aviation headset from Fallon Pilot Shop thanks to donations! 



Scheduled upcoming session with the No-U-Turn podcast 

June 2021

Participated in the Ivy Center for Education's Aviation Session (Pine Bluff, AR)  


Completed Interview with AOPA Pilot Magazine. Article coming soon.... 

May 2021

Flight Video: We did a Discovery Flight out of Winter Haven, Florida!



99th Squadron's interview with This Is Who I Am was released.  

April 2021

Flight Video: We took a father and son on a Discovery Flight  



99th Squadron's Florida Institute of Technology article was released.   

March 2021

Flight Video: 99th Squadron's interview with Tim J Means Business! 

(over 20,000 views)



99th Squadron's HUAMI Magazine article was released.  



99th Squadron's Travel Noire article was released.   



99th Squadron's USA Today (and Florida Today) articles were released.  

February 2021

Met with "Minorities in Aviation" based at the Univ. of Dubuque, providing advice for growth opportunities.


Interview with HUAMI Magazine. Article coming soon...

January 2021

We were incorporated with tax-exempt status - 501(c)(3)

2020 Activities & Milestones

December 2020

ANNUAL VIDEO: The 8th annual StarScream Flight Compilation was released.


Participated in a Virtual Kwanzaa Celebration, where we spoke on the sixth principle: "Kuumba" (Creativity). We discussed the ingenuity behind airplanes and the instruments used for navigation. 


This WEBSITE was launched!!!!

November 2020

Flight Video: The Youth Ground School Promotional wrap-up video was released, featuring the students who took part in this year's inaugural program.

October 2020

We held our 1st annual commencement ceremony for the inaugural class featuring guest speakers Alton Edmond, Esq.; Deputy Mayor Kenny Johnson; Tuskegee Airmen Inc. Chappie James Chapter President Montoria Hubbard (USAF, Ret) & American Airlines Captain Randy Clinton.



Our inaugural Youth Aviation Ground School class of six students completed the course and got free discovery flights 

September 2020

Our 1st Annual Youth Aviation Ground began at Valkaria Airport. This year's cohort of students were later named the "BlueSideUp Squadron". 

August 2020

We developed our 5-week curriculum for the Youth Aviation Ground School program entitled "BlueSideUp".



We partnered with Rising Star Leadership Development and the South Brevard County Task Force as a pipeline to gather students for enrollment who were involved with previous STEM endeavors.

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