Hello students, parents and friends of the Mile High Flight program,
As we round the corner towards our final events of the year, we take stock of who we are and the mission of MHF: “To introduce minority and other motivated youth, to the unlimited possibilities available to them in technical career fields". The Mile High Flight program is sponsored by the (Denver) Hubert L. “Hooks” Jones Chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen, and we proudly share the history of these WWII heroes as well. Beyond our focus on aviation, aerospace and STEM, we help each student recognize that through hard work and a good “flight plan”, nothing is beyond their reach!”
We’ve held firm to that mission statement, as we guide and continue to mentor current and former MHF students, not just towards professions in aviation and aerospace, but to many other careers in business, management and medicine as well. We’ll be sharing those brief but exciting updates below from some of our MHF graduates.
Our February 4th tour of the University of Colorado’s Aerospace Engineering Department was attended by over 90 people! This continues to be one of our most popular events. We learned about amazing cutting-edge research in orbital mechanics and hypersonics from Dr. Hisham Ali and department chair Dr. Hanspeter Schaub. Students got to build and launch small rockets made from film cannisters. The professors also held a Q&A session for parents. Several former MHF and CU graduates participated. We are tremendously proud of their success, and we know the future is equally bright for our current group!
We will feature our tour of MSU Denver's Aviation Department in our April edition. Meanwhile, our next event will be our first ever tour of the United Airlines Maintenance Facility at DIA on April 8th.
Tailwinds,
The MHF “Crew”
