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
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
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
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
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.