[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 139 (Tuesday, August 27, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1074-E1075]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF FRANKLIN AUGUSTUS

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                        HON. CEDRIC L. RICHMOND

                              of louisiana

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, August 27, 2019

  Mr. RICHMOND. Madam Speaker, I rise to honor the life and legacy of 
Mr. Franklin Augustus, a stunt pilot and avid flyer. Mr. Augustus 
passed away on Friday, August 16, 2019 at the age of 69.
  Mr. Augustus was an acrobatic air show pilot and a member of a New 
Orleans-based group that honored the Tuskegee Airmen. A licensed pilot 
who had been flying since the age of 19, he once described himself as 
the ``world's only black civilian air-show acrobatic pilot'' in a 1988 
Times-Picayune Newspaper article. Mr. Augustus performed hundreds of 
daredevil aerial maneuvers at shows and often visited schools to speak 
with young students to encourage them to explore aviation.
  In addition to being a stunt pilot and avid flyer, Mr. Augustus was a 
longtime community activist, a U.S. Army veteran, the president of the 
Lake Charles Tuskegee Airmen Chapter and a Reserve Deputy for the New 
Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office.
  Mr. Augustus was a treasure to us all. He lived a fulfilled life 
doing what he loved to do for so many years. We are forever grateful to

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Mr. Augustus for his life and we keep his friends and loved ones near 
and dear to our hearts.
  Madam Speaker, I celebrate the life and legacy of Mr. Franklin 
Augustus.

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