Red-Tailed Hawks Flying Club Presents: “Future Thrust Awards Online”. On Dec 5th, 5:30-7:15 PM PST, sign-in to honor United Airlines Captain Theresa M. Claiborne, with the Walt Braithwaite Award for Propelling Careers. Claiborne led great accomplishments as president of Sisters of the Skies, a charitable organization with the mission of increasing the number of black female professional pilots. Claiborne was also the first black female pilot in the USAF. Attendance is FREE, and registration is required. Register in advance at this Zoom
It will be a blessed experience that basks in gratitude for those who have helped fuel our vision of Legacy Lift, Future Thrust… through this pandemic. Red-Tailed Hawks Flying Club is chartered by Black Pilots of America, Inc., a 501(c)(3) charitable non-profit, EIN 86-0852905, and is funded by generous individuals, Community Foundation of Snohomish County, Northwest Earth and Space Science Pipeline, BECU and MJ Murdock Charitable Trust.

RTH Still Flying High. We have some catching up to do on Facebook. After an amazing May meeting with Washington State Patrol Aviation, we had a June meeting at Tacoma Narrows Airport and the RTH Aviation Experience at Pearson Field. Now, we are in the midst of Red-Tailed Hawks FLY. In the meantime, several members
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Red-Tailed Hawks Are Developing Future Aerospace Professionals. Akki, Gabby, Sam and Jordyn spent four months accomplishing the mission objectives of Artemis ROADS III. They designed and built water filters, grew plants in multiple environments, designed and built a bottle rocket with a recovery system to protect fragile cargo and designed and built a rover to
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Operation Skyhook 2025 is in the history books! Red-Tailed Hawks are returning home CHAMPIONS winning the best team trophy and several individual awards including the Top Gun award going to Vismay Patel.Asher Tungsvik – 1st Place Balloon BurstDavid Benton III – 3rd Place Balloon BurstJaylen Palmer – 2nd Place Spot LandingVismay Patel – 1st Place
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The RTH May 9-10 Meeting Series was a successful kick-off of our fly-in season! The Friday Zoom was blessed with many students presenting their CTLA essays. We were riddled with glimpses of aviation history and insight into the motivations and aspirations of our student members. Saturday with the Washington State Patrol (WSP) was amazing! Our
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Another Red-Tailed Hawks soloes! Way to go Noel Kisanga! Noel was a 2024 cadet during Red-Tailed Hawks FLY and has since completed the RTH Youth Program curriculum. He has been an active member helping with recruitment, serving the RTH Youth Program and during the 2024 Future Thrust Awards. RTH awarded him the Jesse D. Hayes,
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David Benton III is a CFI! Congratulations to a dedicated member of the Red-Tailed Hawks Flying Club, BPA. We are super proud of David, who attended the BPA Summer Flight Academy and soloed for the first time during Red-Tailed Hawks FLY. Since then, he has supported the RTH Youth Program, represented RTH at a BPA
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