TIMED PRESENTATIONS AND ACTIVITIES

Meet NASA Astronaut, Col. B. Alvin Drew, Jr. (Ret. USAF)
In the James S. McDonnell Space Hangar, in front of Space Shuttle Discovery
11:00 am

Follow Me! An Adventure with the Tuskegee Airmen
A puppet show presentation produced for the National Air and Space Museum by Rainbow Puppet Productions.
In the Boeing Aviation Hangar across from the SR-71 Blackbird
12:15 pm and 2:15 pm

Conversations with Tuskegee Airmen
A presentation from original Tuskegee Airmen of the East Coast Chapter who served during or right after World War II.
In the McDonnell Space Hangar, in front of Space Shuttle Discovery
1:00 pm

Story Time and Aviator Dress Up Corner with Hands-On Activitiy
Nobody Owns the Sky: The Story of “Brave Bessie” Coleman by Reeve Lindbergh
In the Boeing Aviation Hangar
10:00 am to 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm

Portable Planetarium Presentations
In the McDonnell Space Hangar, behind Space Shuttle Discovery
11:30 am, 12:30 pm, and 1:30 pm

ALL DAY PRESENTATIONS AND ACTIVITIES
Career Talks with STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) Professionals
United States Air Force Academy Way of Life Alumni Group
United States Air Force Acaedemy STEM Professionals
Black Pilots of America, Chesapeake Black Hawks Chapter

1939 “Goodwill Flight” Presentation by the National Air and Space Museum Archives
Learn about the Dale L. White Sr. Papers, which detail the aviation career of this prominent African American pilot who flew the 1939 “Goodwill Flight” from Chicago to Washington, DC, to lobby for African Americans to be allowed to join the US Army Air Corps.

Hands-on Activities
Discovery Stations and Flight Interactives
Make an Escape and Invasion Map
Create a Tuskegee Airman Squadron Patch
Paper Airplane Design Challenge

This program is made possible through the generous support of Northrop Grumman Corporation.