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Friday marked the start of the 2022 Operation Skyhook hosted by Black Pilots of America Inc. at Pine Bluff Regional Airport's Grider Field.

The Ivy Center for Education hosted Ken Johnson, chairman of the Pine Bluff Aviation Commission, during the center's Zoom meeting for middle and high school students enrolled in its Future Engineers Program.

In the evenings, Ken Johnson often climbed up a tree and stared off into the horizon. The teenager had dreams of piloting a plane, but it would be a half-dozen years before his maiden flight. That was the mid-1970s.

After a two-year absence because of the covid-19 pandemic, the Black Pilots of America Inc. will return to Pine Bluff with their Memorial Day Fly-In, "Operation Skyhook," on May 27-29.

The Pine Bluff Advertising and Promotion Commission recently awarded $1.36 million to agencies for 2022.