Participants in this year's free 5-week ground curriculum
Total number of kids, both local and abroad, who received free flights
Funds raised this year from Individuals and Sponsoring Orgs.
Individual Donors,
Including 2 recurring,
8 In-Kind Donations
Sponsoring Orgs.
Including 2 grants,
4 In-Kind Donations
Local Aviation events that were fully covered by the 99th for students
Featured publications including newspapers, magazines & podcasts.
Number of YouTube views from this year's interview as of Dec. 2021
This video also includes highlights from the 5-week curriculum
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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"
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
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)
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.
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!
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
Participated in the Ivy Center for Education's Aviation Session (Pine Bluff, AR)
Completed Interview with AOPA Pilot Magazine. Article coming soon....
Flight Video: We did a Discovery Flight out of Winter Haven, Florida!
99th Squadron's interview with This Is Who I Am was released.
Flight Video: We took a father and son on a Discovery Flight
99th Squadron's Florida Institute of Technology article was released.
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.
Met with "Minorities in Aviation" based at the Univ. of Dubuque, providing advice for growth opportunities.
Interview with HUAMI Magazine. Article coming soon...
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