Flying Over Time · the organization
Flying Over Time is building an ecosystem with a place where you’re included.
Flying Over Time is an Arizona 501(c)(3) nonprofit that connects the Donald A. Hall Collection with public storytelling, youth learning, and practical pathways into aviation and technology.
Mission
From curiosity to contribution.
Flying Over Time preserves and activates aviation history to spark curiosity, open access to aviation and technology, and connect young people with learning, credentials, mentors, and career opportunities.
Our vision is a future in which every young person—regardless of geography, background, confidence, or prior exposure—can find an anchor, see a place for themselves, and reach a supported path from curiosity to contribution.
Not every future engineer looks like one at fifteen.
Nova Hall
He met his grandfather through the work.
Nova Hall never met Donald A. Hall. He came to know him through the evidence Hall left behind: engineering drawings, photographs, correspondence, design instruments, negatives, and film. Aviation had once felt like someone else’s field until Nova’s father—an aerospace engineer—recognized the spark in him. Years later, holding his grandfather’s original papers made the order of things clear: passion comes first; the engineering follows.
Leadership and governance
Leadership, officers, and board.
The people accountable for Flying Over Time’s mission, stewardship, compliance, and public work.
Nova Hall
President · Co-founder
Grandson of Donald A. Hall Sr.; artist, photographer, published author, and trained speaker. Nova never met his grandfather. After discovering the Donald A. Hall Collection, he began carrying its evidence into books, exhibitions, art, theater, and public programs. He is the author of Spirit & Creator and wrote The Man Behind the Spirit. He holds a BA in Integrative Science and Art from Arizona State University, where he studied with Leandro Soto.
Tiffany Kell
Compliance Director · Co-founder
Co-founder of Flying Over Time and the organization’s Compliance Director.
Pace Ellsworth
Treasurer
Chief Information Officer and Treasurer. Full biography and portrait forthcoming.
Dawn Nave
Secretary
Board Secretary. Full biography and portrait forthcoming.
Debra Hall
Board Member
Full biography, committee assignments, and portrait forthcoming.
Nina Anderson
Board Member
Full biography, committee assignments, and portrait forthcoming.
Organization at a glance
A permanent institution—not a one-year celebration.
Operating principle
Every public activity should leave something useful behind.
A successful centennial creates more than appearances. It leaves an indexed media asset, a partner agreement, a trained instructor, a stronger curriculum, a donor record, a sponsor case study, an event template, a safety procedure, an alumni profile, or a documented lesson that compounds after the anniversary attention recedes.