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Jan 28, 2021 · Nevertheless, Coleman was determined to press forward as usual, and she and Wills went out for a test flight on the morning of April 30, 1926. Her partner controlling the plane in the front ...
Mar 19, 2024 · How Did Bessie Coleman Learn to Fly? For a Black American woman in 1921, obtaining a pilot’s license was virtually impossible. No one had done it before, and no flight school in the U.S. was ...
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– Bessie Coleman With the age of commercial flight still a decade or more in the future, Coleman quickly realized that in order to make a living as a civilian aviator she would have to become a "barnstorming" stunt flier, performing dangerous tricks in the air with the then-still-novel technology of airplanes for paying audiences. But, to succeed in this highly competitive arena, she would ...
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- April 30, 1926 (aged 34), Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
- January 26, 1892, Atlanta, Texas, U.S.
- First African-American and female aviator
Born in Atlanta, Texas on January 26, 1892, Bessie Coleman had twelve brothers and sisters. Her mother, Susan Coleman, was an African American maid, and her father George Coleman was a sharecropper of mixed Native American and African American descent. In 1901, her father decided to move back to Oklahoma to try to escape discrimination.
Watch the captivating story of Bessie Coleman, the extraordinary pilot who broke numerous barriers in aviation history. In this riveting biography, we delve ...
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