NAACP Image Awards Nominates Smithsonian Channel BLACK WINGS featuring TAM and Robin Petgrave

Making Tomorrow's History Today

Greetings!

Thank you for all of the support we have received from volunteers, donors, and partners to keep TAM's mission alive and reaching more families. A lot of exciting things have been going on at TAM since the beginning of 2013 and I've been very eager to share it with you!

NAACP Image Awards Nominates BLACK WINGS

BLACK WINGS, a documentary produced by the Smithsonian Channel received a 2013 NAACP Image Award nomination. Robin and TAM are featured in BLACK WINGS along with Tuskegee Airmen, Bessie Coleman, US Coast Guard Lt. La'Shanda Jones, and many other great aviators. NAACP Image Awards are on NBC on February 1. Black Wings airs again on Smithsonian Channel that same day February 1 at 12pm PST / 3pm EST. Click here for the full press release and list of nominees.

Black Wings - Teaching the Next Generation

Support our mission to be a living classroom in South Los Angeles bringing aviation history to life and empowering the dreams of youth to take flight. Visit TAMuseum.org to see how you can get involved in helping students realize their dreams.

Sincerely,

Robin Petgrave
Founder & Executive Director
Tomorrow's Aeronautical Museum

In This Issue

Featured Article

Much More than a Solo: An Aviation Explorer shares his TAM story

About Us

Featured Article

Congratulations and Thank You, VISTAs!

Two more AmeriCorps*VISTAs have each completed a year of service to fight poverty through education at TAM. Catherine Bradshaw Program VISTA and Cristina Tolentino Development VISTA recruited new students, volunteers, and donors to support TAM's mission...click here to read the full story.

Much More than a Solo Flight

A TAM Aviation Explorer shares his TAM story
By Rodney Cunningham

Tomorrow's Aeronautical Museum (TAM) has helped me with my flight training by offering me a place to come everyday, and enhance my knowledge in the world of aviation. TAM has given me the opportunity to fly solo in a Cessna 152. As of today, I have 27 hours of flight training and 8 hours of solo flight time. The opportunity given to me to solo was like a dream come true. When I'm flying solo I feel like I can conquer the world and everything that is put in front of me.

TAM isn't just a place to come and learn to fly. The volunteers and staff at TAM help me by showing me I can be a successful person in this community. TAM has helped me with my grades by offering tutors that come after school to help me with my school work so I can get better grades in school. The volunteers and staff at TAM encouraged me to bring my lowest grade up and keep it up. Before TAM my GPA was a 2.5. Now that I come to TAM and get help, I have a 3.0 GPA and rising everyday.

About Us

Tomorrow's Aeronautical Museum is a grassroots nonprofit bringing aviation history to life and empowering the dreams of youth to take flight in South Los Angeles.