Red Tail Project
America's Flying Tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen
182 West Division St. River Falls, WI 54022 CAF
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Specific funding request and budget and how the funds will be used.

Funding for the Education Program is sought in the amount of $1,000,000.00+ for the purposes listed below:

Educational Exhibit duplication and distribution

$325.00 per panel x 6 panels = $1950 (1 set)

Shipping case $235 (1 per set) - $2185 /set

75 sets of 6 travel panel kits

Plus shipping cases, postage

Distribute Educational display panels and print collateral to all active Tuskegee Airmen Chapters and establish a loan program for interested schools, libraries, VFW's, etc.

(Note: to view these resources, go to Education Outreach.doc)

$150,000.00+

Classroom presentation and education material printing

$200,000.00+

Red Tail Project's traveling education exhibit.

Schedule 25 - 50 destinations per year with up to a 1 week appearance at each location.

Possible venues: Focusing on the local chapters of Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. educational tradeshows, air shows, races, fairs, shopping malls, and most importantly schools.

$250,000.00+

(To build the tractor-trailer rig)

$150,000.00+

(Annual cost of maintenance and logistics)

Veterans History Project

Provide audio, video, and photographic equipment, along with hardware and software to students who are collecting and archiving oral and written histories from veterans and civilians. These records will become a permanent part of the nation's record at The Library of Congress.

$100,000.00+

Assist in funding the PBS Documentary "Red Tail Reborn" to be released in February 2006

$100,000.00+

Create a Tuskegee Airmen historical archive for future generations

$50,000.00

Total

$1,000,000.00+

RESTORATION OF THE P-51C MUSTANG TIMELINE & COSTS

Jul '05

Fuselage

$12,500.00

Aug '05

Wings

$312,500.00

Aug '05

Fuselage

$12,500.00

Sep '05

Fuselage

$12,500.00

Oct '05

Fuselage

$12,500.00

Sep '05

Fuselage

$12,500.00

Nov '05

Fuselage

$12,500.00

Dec '05

Fuselage

$12,500.00

Jan '06

Fuselage

$12,500.00

Feb '06

Fuselage

$12,500.00

Mar '06

Mating the fuselage to the wings

$25,000.00

Apr '06

Mating the fuselage to the wings

$25,000.00

May '06

Finish

$25,000.00

Jun '06

Finish

$25,000.00

Additional
 

Spare engine

$125,000.00

 

Props

$100,000.00

 

Dog House; a structure that holds the radiator and oil cooler in the belly of the airplane

$18,750.00

 

Cooling intake

$25,000.00

 

Intake casting

$10,000.00

 

Intake tunnel

$10,000.00

 

Avionics

$6,250.00

Total  

$820,000.00

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