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(EMPIRE NEWS NETWORK (ENN)—RIVERSIDE, CA— The California Red Tails/Black Pilots of America hosted an Open House at the Riverside Municipal Airport on Saturday, June 23. The purpose of the open house was to refresh community awareness of the role and continuing involvement of Black pilots in the history of aviation in America.
The event offered special guests and the community-at-large the opportunity to increase awareness of a range of aviation career fields, experience, education, training requirements and opportunities to network with private and commercial pilots, air traffic controllers and aviation mechanics.
Special guest of honor, Tuskegee Airman, Harlan Q Leonard, Lt Col., was present and consented to requests of persons honored to be photographed with him.
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- Harlan Q Leonard, Lt Col, USAF, (ret).
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- What could be better??? a beautiful day at a real airport??? AND to sit in a real air plane cockpit, & working with the real take- off & landing instruments, to pretend to FLYYYY!!!? WOW!
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- Council member, Steve Adams, Rev Monrow Mabon, Col Leonard, Natasha Ferguson, ? , ? , Denise Fleming.
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- Emanuel Zokpodo, Member,BPA/RT, Riverside resident, Lauren Harris who began her flight training when 18, & received her pilot’s license at 20, & Burma Lee Manns.
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- Members, Black Pilots of America/ California RedTails.
