2005 BPA Operation Skyhook Schedule
May 26-30, 2005
Grider Field Airport (PBF)
"Home of the Black Pilots of America"
Pine Bluff, Arkansas

 

 

Thursday, May 26 1500 Registration Opens @  Grider Airport
1830 Reception & Hospitality  (Meet and Greet)
     
Friday, May 27 0800

FAA Workshop @ Grider Field

(Continental Breakfast Provided)
0930 Competition Pilot Briefing
1000 Flour Bomb Drop
1200 Middle School Youth Fundamentals of Flight Project
TBA Pylon Race
1630 Young Aviator Airplane Rides
1830 Southern Cuisine @ Harbor Oaks Golf Resort
2030 Hospitality - "Gimme Wings", A History of the Black Aviatrixl
     
Saturday, May 28 0830 Registration/  Pilot Briefing
0900 Balloon Bursting
1000 Youth Model Airplane Education Project
1200 High School Youth Fundamentals of Flight Project
1600 Young Aviator Airplane Rides
1800 Anual Membership Meeting
2030 Hospitality / Entertainment
     
Sunday, May 29 0930 Pilot Briefings
1000 Formation Flying
1600 Young Aviator Airplane Rides
1900 Awards Banquet - Pine Bluff Convention Center
Speaker - Patti Grace-Smith
FAA Assistant Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation
2100 Hospitality
     
Monday, May 30 0600 Departures