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Family Day
African American Pioneers in Aviation
Saturday, February 21, 2009
10:00 am to 3:00 pm
Throughout the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Admission: Free, Parking $15


 

Featured Guests
Shared Memories: Conversations with Tuskegee Airmen
Tuskegee Airmen: TBA
Moderator:
Byron
Morris
Lower Level Boeing Aviation Hangar
(WWII Gallery Entrance, near SR-71)
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

United States Air Force Academy and Way of Life Alumni Chapter
Conversations with present day pioneers
Lower Level Boeing Aviation Hangar
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Book Signing- A Pilot’s Journey: Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman
Tuskegee Airman, Curtis Robinson and Author, George Norfleet
Lower Level Boeing Aviation Hangar
11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Activities
Discovery Stations & Flight Interactives
Learn about the science and history of flight through hands-on discovery stations
Lower Level Boeing Aviation Hangar
,
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Take a Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Highlights Tour
Meet at the Docent Desk- Lower Level Boeing Aviation Hangar
10:30 a.m. and  1:00 p.m.

Design Your Own Squadron Patch Art Activity
(Recommended for young people ages 6-12)
Lower Level Boeing Aviation Hangar (West Gallery)
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Story time With a Hands-on Activity (Recommended for children ages 3-8 with their adult companion)

Wind Flyers, by Author, Angela Johnson and Illustrator, Loren Long

The Story of "Brave Bessie" Coleman, Nobody Owns the Sky
Lower Level Boeing Aviation Hangar
10:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m.

This event made possible by the generous support of the Northrop Grumman Corporation

  
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