{"id":2330,"date":"2012-01-23T00:54:45","date_gmt":"2012-01-23T00:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=2330"},"modified":"2016-12-30T10:14:18","modified_gmt":"2016-12-30T15:14:18","slug":"tuskegee-airmen-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fantasyofflight.com\/collection\/fantasy-of-flight\/tuskegee-airmen-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuskegee Airmen return!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We hosted a symposium again at Fantasy of Flight for Black History month honoring the Tuskegee Airmen. \u00a0They were the black pilots that flew for America during WWI and got their name from the field they trained at in Tuskegee, Alabama.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2334\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 544px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2334 size-full colorbox-2330\" title=\"IMG_0532 copy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fantasyofflight.com\/collection\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_0532-copy.jpg\" width=\"544\" height=\"373\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hanging with my friends after a flight to honor all that they did<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Again, I got a chance to fly my P-51C Mustang for them as the attendees looked on. \u00a0They talked about their adventures and exploits as well as the hardships they went through due to the racial prejudice and segregation at the time. \u00a0I was honored when they inducted me into their organization as an honorary Tuskegee Airman because of be being the first person to paint an airplane in their colors to help promote their cause. \u00a0Their signature markings were the red nose and tail.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2337\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 482px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2337 size-full colorbox-2330\" title=\"IMG_0522 copy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fantasyofflight.com\/collection\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_0522-copy1.jpg\" width=\"482\" height=\"407\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Helping tell the story!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Several news stations came out to cover the event and I got a chance to sport the red jacket they gave me!<\/p>\n<p>Kermit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We hosted a symposium again at Fantasy of Flight for Black History month honoring the Tuskegee Airmen. \u00a0They were the black pilots that flew for America during WWI and got their name from the field\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,11,15,27,50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-calendar-events","category-fantasy-of-flight","category-kermit-weeks","category-notable_friends_and_visitors","category-p-51c-mustang","tuskegee-airmen-return"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fantasyofflight.com\/collection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fantasyofflight.com\/collection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fantasyofflight.com\/collection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fantasyofflight.com\/collection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fantasyofflight.com\/collection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2330"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fantasyofflight.com\/collection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5989,"href":"https:\/\/www.fantasyofflight.com\/collection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330\/revisions\/5989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fantasyofflight.com\/collection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fantasyofflight.com\/collection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fantasyofflight.com\/collection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}