¿Trail Blazers to Torch Bearers,¿ Black Aviation P
Date of the Event
February 21, 2003 - February 23, 2003
Type of Event
Symposium
Expected Total Attendance
100-1,000
Brief Description
Fernbank Offers Exciting Weekend for Black History
Celebration
ATLANTA, GA, Feb. 14 ¿ The weekend of February 21
will provide metro-Atlanta residents with the
opportunity for a unique experience in Black
History. The DeKalb County School System¿s Fernbank
Science Center, in conjunction with its year long
Century of Flight celebration program is
sponsoring ¿Trail Blazers to Torch Bearers,¿ Black
Aviation Past, Present and Future. The ¿kickoff¿
event starts at 6:30 Friday, February 21.
On hand as speakers and presenters for Friday are
Tuskegee Airmen, Black airline pilots and youths
representing the Civil Air Patrol, Aviation Career
Enrichment and Organization of Black Airline Pilots
ACE Summer Camps.
Representing Past Aviators are Tuskegee Airmen,
Charles ¿A-Train¿ Dryden, Val Archer and Sydney
Wolfe. Present Aviators are George ¿Paco¿ Sulmers,
United Air Lines captain, and Delta Air Lines first
officer David Grant. Future Aviators are Keynan
Jackson, founder and president of the JAGS aero
club and Civil Air Patrol member, and Brian Duncan,
solo student pilot representing the OBAP summer
flying camp, ¿Delta Flight Line¿ and the Aviation
Career Enrichment (ACE) program.
On Saturday, February 22, Fernbank will show the
HBO movie, ¿The Tuskegee Airmen.¿ After the
showing, the audience will be able to personally
meet and greet Tuskegee Airmen Charles ¿A-Train¿
Dryden, Val Archer and Sydney Wolfe. Saturday¿s
activities will be held from 12 to 3 p.m.
The Sunday, February 23 event will be A Celebration
of a Child¿s Creative Spirit. This includes: ¿I
Believe I can Fly¿ DeKalb County Student Art
Exhibit, African Folktales by a professional story
teller, and the Planetarium Show, ¿An Adventure
Under the Stars of Africa.¿.
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Fernbank Science Center & Planetarium
156 Heaton Park Drive, N.E.
City
Atlanta
State/Province
GA
Zip/Postal Code
30307
Country
United States
Location Description
From Downtown Atlanta, North Avenue @Peachtree St.,
1 block North to Ponce de Leon, then 4 miles East
to Artwood Road, left to Heaton Park. (Past
Fernbank Museum of Natural History)
