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The group is the Bronze Eagles Flying Club of Texas, a recreational flying club that took flight about 44 years ago in Houston. Many of its founding members, including Dr. Jessie Hayes and Tuskegee Airman Matthew Plummer, are deceased, but their mission to promote aviation in the black community lives on.
For the past 40 years, the group also has helped sponsor the Summer Flight Academy, which is run by the Black Pilots Association. The two-week academy teaches 16 high school students ages 15 to 19 how to fly. The academy moved from Arkansas to Houston about eight years ago and is held at Texas Southern University.
Some participants have become airline pilots and some have gone to the Naval Academy, members said.
Decarla Greaves, who attended the academy in 2007, said she plans to go back this summer to help. Greaves, 21, graduated from Texas Southern University last December with a degree in aviation management and is working to become a commercial airline pilot.
Greaves said the long days of studying and flying at the academy taught her the basics of aviation and prepared her for the written exam to receive a private pilot license.
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-te...ar-3085994.php
For the past 40 years, the group also has helped sponsor the Summer Flight Academy, which is run by the Black Pilots Association. The two-week academy teaches 16 high school students ages 15 to 19 how to fly. The academy moved from Arkansas to Houston about eight years ago and is held at Texas Southern University.
Some participants have become airline pilots and some have gone to the Naval Academy, members said.
Decarla Greaves, who attended the academy in 2007, said she plans to go back this summer to help. Greaves, 21, graduated from Texas Southern University last December with a degree in aviation management and is working to become a commercial airline pilot.
Greaves said the long days of studying and flying at the academy taught her the basics of aviation and prepared her for the written exam to receive a private pilot license.
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-te...ar-3085994.php