Brock Foundation News Today

ELLENWOOD — Aviation professionals from throughout the country converged at Morrow High School Saturday for the Clayton County Public Schools National Aviation Symposium.

With flight delays and cancellations at high, Omar Brock is working to increase the diversity pipeline of commercial airline pilots.

At its Aug. 7 meeting, the Clayton County Board of Education celebrated three former and current Morrow High School students for successfully completing the Aviation Program at MHS. Cadet Capt.

Hartsfield-Jackson is expanding its youth summer programs.

Johnson re-introduced the Minorities in Aviation Act which would establish the Bessie Coleman Aviation Grant. The grant is, of course, named after the first Black woman to earn a pilot’s license.

After falling in love with flying later on in life, pilot Omar Brock spoke to EBONY about his work of diversifying the field of aviation.