PHOTOS: Students at Atlanta aviation camp take Delta 'Dream Flight'

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PHOTOS: Students at Atlanta aviation camp travel on ‘Dream Flight’

More than 150 aviation camp students flew from Atlanta on Delta Air Lines’ 20th annual “Dream Flight" this week to visit the National Navy Aviation Museum and see the Blue Angels practice.

7/16/2019 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Delta Air Lines pilot Capt. Reid White speaks with students at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport before they embark on the 20th annual Delta Air Lines' "dream flight" to Pensacola, Tuesday, July 16, 2019. (Alyssa Pointer/alyssa.pointer@ajc.com)

7/16/2019 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Delta Air Lines pilot Capt. Guy Stallworth speaks with students aboard a chartered Delta airplane at Hartsfield-Jakcson International airport before taking them on an adventure to Pensacola during the 20th annual Delta Air Lines' "dream flight" aviation Summer camp, Tuesday, July 16, 2019. (Alyssa Pointer/alyssa.pointer@ajc.com)

7/16/2019 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Delta Air Lines pilot Capt. Guy Stallworth prepares to return to the cockpit after speaking with students aboard a chartered Delta airplane at Hartsfield-Jakcson International airport, Tuesday, July 16, 2019. (Alyssa Pointer/alyssa.pointer@ajc.com)

7/16/2019 -- Pensacola, Florida -- Delta Air Lines "dream flight" students descend from a Delta Air Lines chartered plane after arriving at Naval Air Station Pensacola during the 20th annual Delta Air Lines' "dream flight" aviation Summer camp, Tuesday, July 16, 2019. One-hundred and fifty students spent the day touring the National Navy Aviation Museum, seeing the Blue Angels practice and watching an Apollo 11 film viewing. (Alyssa Pointer/alyssa.pointer@ajc.com)

7/16/2019 -- Pensacola, Florida -- Delta Air Lines "dream flight" leave the chartered airplane after arriving at Naval Air Station Pensacola during the 20th annual Delta Air Lines' "dream flight" aviation Summer camp, Tuesday, July 16, 2019. One-hundred and fifty students spent the day touring the National Navy Aviation Museum, seeing the Blue Angels practice and watching an Apollo 11 film viewing. (Alyssa Pointer/alyssa.pointer@ajc.com)

7/16/2019 -- Pensacola, Florida -- Camden Military Academy student and ACE camp participant Malik Williams strokes his hand under the belly of a Delta Air Lines plane after landing at Naval Air Station Pensacola during the 20th annual Delta Air Lines' "dream flight" aviation Summer camp, Tuesday, July 16, 2019. (Alyssa Pointer/alyssa.pointer@ajc.com)

7/16/2019 -- Pensacola, Florida -- Students, pilots, crew members and chaperones pose for a photo during the 20th annual Delta Air Lines' "dream flight" aviation Summer camp in Pensacola, Tuesday, July 16, 2019. (Alyssa Pointer/alyssa.pointer@ajc.com)

7/16/2019 -- Pensacola, Florida -- Delta Air Lines pilots Capt. Guy Stallworth (right) and Jerome Wellons (second from right) pose for a photo with their flight crew after flying the 20th annual Delta Air Lines' "dream flight" full of eager students to Naval Air Station Pensacola during a Delta Air Lines' sponsored aviation Summer camp, Tuesday, July 16, 2019. Capt. Guy Stallworth, who helped coordinate the first Delta "dream flight" in 2000, was able to co-pilot with former ACE camp student Jerome Wellons, who is now a Delta pilot. (Alyssa Pointer/alyssa.pointer@ajc.com)

7/16/2019 -- Pensacola, Florida -- Former Ace camp student and now Delta pilot Jerome Wellons (center) speaks with Auburn University freshman Tyler Sims (second from right) as they make their way to the National Navy Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Tuesday, July 16, 2019. (Alyssa Pointer/alyssa.pointer@ajc.com)

7/16/2019 -- Pensacola, Florida -- Former Ace camp student and now Delta pilot Jerome Wellons answers questions from the media during the 20th annual Delta Air Lines' "dream flight" aviation Summer camp in Pensacola, Tuesday, July 16, 2019. (Alyssa Pointer/alyssa.pointer@ajc.com)

7/16/2019 -- Pensacola, Florida -- Students receive a special welcome from Capt. Sterling Gilliam, United States Navy (Ret.) and Director of the National Naval Aviation, during their visit to the museum in Pensacola, Tuesday, July 16, 2019. (Alyssa Pointer/alyssa.pointer@ajc.com)

7/16/2019 -- Pensacola, Florida -- Aviation camp students listen to a speaker at the National Navy Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Tuesday, July 16, 2019. (Alyssa Pointer/alyssa.pointer@ajc.com)

7/16/2019 -- Pensacola, Florida -- Delta Air Lines "dream flight" students take photos of retired United States Navy Blue Angels airplanes at the National Navy Aviation Museum during the 20th annual Delta Air Lines' "dream flight" aviation Summer camp in Pensacola, Tuesday, July 16, 2019. (Alyssa Pointer/alyssa.pointer@ajc.com)

7/16/2019 -- Pensacola, Florida -- Alonnah Copeland of College Park (right) observes the many aircrafts at the National Navy Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Tuesday, July 16, 2019. (Alyssa Pointer/alyssa.pointer@ajc.com)

7/16/2019 -- Pensacola, Florida -- Aviation Career Enrichment volunteer instructor and Southwest Airlines pilot Lloyd Prince (third from left) speaks with students about a retired aircraft during the 20th annual Delta Air Lines' "dream flight" aviation Summer camp in Pensacola, Tuesday, July 16, 2019. (Alyssa Pointer/alyssa.pointer@ajc.com)

7/16/2019 -- Pensacola, Florida -- Students make their way to watch the United States Navy Blue Angels perform at the National Navy Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Tuesday, July 16, 2019. (Alyssa Pointer/alyssa.pointer@ajc.com)

7/16/2019 -- Pensacola, Florida -- The United States Navy Blue Angels perform at the National Navy Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Tuesday, July 16, 2019. (Alyssa Pointer/alyssa.pointer@ajc.com)

7/16/2019 -- Pensacola, Florida -- Roman Wyatt (center) reacts as he watches the United States Navy Blue Angels at the National Navy Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Tuesday, July 16, 2019. (Alyssa Pointer/alyssa.pointer@ajc.com)

7/16/2019 -- Pensacola, Florida -- Delta Air Lines "dream flight' students watch as the United States Navy Blue Angels perform at the National Navy Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Tuesday, July 16, 2019. (Alyssa Pointer/alyssa.pointer@ajc.com)

7/16/2019 -- Pensacola, Florida -- Jada Duncan reacts as she watches the United States Navy Blue Angels at the National Navy Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Tuesday, July 16, 2019. (Alyssa Pointer/alyssa.pointer@ajc.com)

7/16/2019 -- Atlanta, Florida -- Charisse Evans, Delta Air Lines vice president of customer experience integration, speaks to aviation students aboard a chartered Delta airplane at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport before they take part in the 20th annual Delta Air Lines' "dream flight" to Pensacola, Tuesday, July 16, 2019. (Alyssa Pointer/alyssa.pointer@ajc.com)

7/16/2019 -- Pensacola, Florida -- Former Ace camp student and now Delta pilot Jerome Wellons (left) talks with his colleagues in the cockpit of a Delta Air Lines airplane before flying to Pensacola for the 20th annual Delta Air Lines' "dream flight" aviation camp, Tuesday, July 16, 2019. (Alyssa Pointer/alyssa.pointer@ajc.com)

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7/16/2019 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Delta Air Lines pilot Capt. Reid White speaks with students at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport before they embark on the 20th annual Delta Air Lines' "dream flight" to Pensacola, Tuesday, July 16, 2019. (Alyssa Pointer/alyssa.pointer@ajc.com)

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