FINALLY
OPENING SOMETIME IN 2020.
THIS WEEKEND, THE TUSKEGEE
AIRMEN NATIONAL MUSEUM WILL
PERFORM THREE SHOWS DURING GM
RIVER DAYS, AHEAD OF THEIR
PERFORMANCES ARE PAULA TUTMAN
SUITED UP AND GOT TO FLY WITH
THE LEGENDARY GROUP.
>> TO TOUCH THE FACE OF GOD,
WHAT YOU'LL SEE DURING RIVER
DAYS THIS WEEKEND.
TALKING ABOUT THE TUSKEGEE
AIRMEN MUSEUM.
NOW, THEY HONOR AND REVERE THE
HISTORY AND RIGHT NOW MY
PHOTOGRAPHER AND I ARE FLYING,
LITERALLY FLYING IN HISTORY.
THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN, THE FIRST
AFRICAN-AMERICAN MILITARY PILOT
MACHINE.
>> BLACKS WERE THOUGHT TO NOT
HAVE THE COORDINATION, THE
BRAVERY, THE SKILLS TO HANDLE
THESE COMPLEX AIRPLANES.
WE'RE ONLY GOOD FOR COOKING,
CLEANING, UNLOADING AND LOADING.
WHO CAME OUT ON TOP?
THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN.
THEY WERE DEEMED THE BEST IN THE
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE.
>> PAULA: TODAY THAT HISTORY
LIVES ON WITH THE AIRMEN.
TUSKEGEE AIRMEN.
>> WE HAD IT FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT
TO FIGHT FOR OUR COUNTRY IN
WORLD WAR II.
>> PAULA: I WAS INVITED TO FLY
WITH THE AIRMEN AS THEY PREPARED
FOR THEIR AIR SHOW OVER DETROIT
FOR RIVER DAYS.
>> GO FASTER.
>> LAST NIGHT WE FLEW OVER
DETROIT IN VARIOUS FORMATIONS.
WE BECAME ONE WITH THE SKY, AND
THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN TRAINED IN.
>> I THINK IT'S ONE OF THOSE
DOING.
>> PAULA: WE'RE FLYING IN
FORMATION AND THEY KIND OF MOVE
SEAMLESSLY TOGETHER.
THERE'S ACTUALLY A MILITARY
REASON TO FLY IN THIS FORMATION.
>> IT ALLOWS YOU TO LOOK PRETTY
TOGETHER.
YOU'RE IN UNISON.
SO TO KEEP THE FLIGHT TOGETHER,
ON THE WAY TO COMBAT, AND TO
KEEP THE FLIGHT TOGETHER DURING
COMBAT, USUALLY, THEY WOULD GO
AS A FOURTH SHIP.
WHEN COMBAT OCCURRED, LEADS
WOULD BREAK OFF AND ENGAGE THE
ENEMY AND THE WINGMEN WOULD
WATCH THE LEADS REA TO MAKE
REAR.
>> IT'S IMPORTANT THAT
AFRICAN-AMERICAN YOUNG PEOPLE
AND ALL MINORITIES THAT ARE
UNDERREPRESENTED IN THE
AIRLINES, AND IN THE AVIATION
INDUSTRY, LEARN TO APPRECIATE.
>> PAULA: YOU KNOW, THESE AIRMEN
HAVE A REAL FOCUS ON TEACHING
YOUNG PEOPLE, MINORITY AND
UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES THAT
THEY ARE NOT WHAT HISTORY SAYS
THEY ARE AND THEY DO THAT BASED
ON THE TUSKEGEE WAY.
THIS WAS NOT JUST A REPORTER
EXPERIENCE, THEY'RE ACTUALLY
LOOKING FOR CHILDREN OF ALL
THEM.
THOSE WITH APTITUDE AS YOUNG AS
12 CAN BE TAUGHT TO FLY THESE
AIRCRAFTS, KAREN, FOR FREE.
THAT PRICE IS RIGHT.
I'M GOING TO PUT A LINK ON MY
FACEBOOK PAGE, LOCAL 4, PAULA
TUTMAN IN CASE YOU WANT YOUR
CHILD TO EXPERIENCE A FLIGHT
AROUND DETROIT.
I'VE DONE 9 G'S WITH THE
THUNDERBIRDS, ABOUTEN IN A
BIPLANE, A BLIMP.
I'VE NEVER BEEN GIVEN MY FLIGHT
SUIT AS I WAS WITH THE AIRMEN.
THEY SAY MY PATCH IS IN THE
KAREN.
>> LOVE IT, PAULA, WHAT A GREAT
STORY AND WHAT A GREAT
EXPERIENCE, LET'S HOPE SOME MOMS
AND DADS SIGN THEIR KIDS UP.
THANK YOU, PAULA.
BY THE WAY, THIS IS VERY NEAT,
TOO, IT'S CLICK ON DETROIT RIGHT
NOW AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE A
360 DEGREE VIDEO OF PAULA'S TRIP
TODAY.
TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
AND IT IS ON CLICKONDETROIT.COM