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Bessie Coleman (January 26, 1892 – April 30, 1926) was an early American civil aviator. She was the first African-American woman and first self-identified Native American to hold a pilot license, [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] and is the earliest known Black person to earn an international pilot's license . [10]
Bessie Coleman soared across the sky as the first woman of African American and Native American descent to earn her pilot’s license in the U.S. Known for performing flying tricks, Coleman’s nicknames were: “Brave Bessie,” “Queen Bess,” and “The Only Race Aviatrix in the World.”
Apr 30, 2024 · Bessie Coleman, American aviator and a star of early aviation exhibitions and air shows. In 1921 she became the first American woman to obtain an international pilot’s license, and in 1922 she flew the first public flight by an African American woman in America.
Bessie Coleman was the first African American woman to earn a pilot's license. In the 1920s, getting a pilot's license as a Black woman in the United States was impossible; so Coleman moved to France to get her flying certification.
Apr 2, 2014 · In 1922, aviator Bessie Coleman became the first African American woman to stage a public flight in America. Her high-flying skills always wowed her audience.
Jan 28, 2021 · Pilot Bessie Coleman Tragically Died as a Passenger on a Test Flight. The determination that fueled the first female African American aviator contributed to her demise at age 34. By Tim Ott...
She was the first African-American woman to obtain an international pilot’s license, soaring to new heights that Black people in the United States had never reached before....
Jan 21, 2022 · Once again, Bessie Coleman —the first Black woman to earn a pilot’s license just over a century ago, on June 15, 1921—experienced the exhilaration of soaring through the skies.
Jun 15, 2021 · Bessie Coleman received her FAI license on June 15, 1921, becoming the first African American woman to do so. (Left: SI 99-15416-S, Right: SI 93-7758-S) On September 3, 1922, in a borrowed Curtiss JN-4D Jenny at Curtiss Field on Long Island, Coleman made the first public flight by a Black woman in the United States.
Bessie Coleman was the first African-American woman, and also the first woman of Native-American descent, to hold a pilot’s license. Coleman grew up in a cruel world of poverty and...
