Posted on Aug 22, 2022
All-Black, all-female American Airlines crew flies from Dallas to honor Bessie Coleman
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In honor of the 100th anniversary of Bessie Coleman, the first Black woman to earn a pilot's license, American Airlines operated a flight out of Dallas with an all-Black, all-female crew.
From the pilots and flight attendants to cargo team members and aviation maintenance technicians, the women operated and took charge of every aspect of the flight from Dallas to Phoenix. The airline hosted the Bessie Coleman Aviation All-Stars tour last week to celebrate the anniversary of Coleman earning her pilot's license in 1921.
"She bravely broke down barriers within the world of aviation and paved the path for many to follow," the airline said in a news release.
To honor Coleman's legacy, her great-niece, Gigi Coleman, was hosted by American Airlines on the flight, according to the airline.
In honor of the 100th anniversary of Bessie Coleman, the first Black woman to earn a pilot's license, American Airlines operated a flight out of Dallas with an all-Black, all-female crew.
From the pilots and flight attendants to cargo team members and aviation maintenance technicians, the women operated and took charge of every aspect of the flight from Dallas to Phoenix. The airline hosted the Bessie Coleman Aviation All-Stars tour last week to celebrate the anniversary of Coleman earning her pilot's license in 1921.
"She bravely broke down barriers within the world of aviation and paved the path for many to follow," the airline said in a news release.
To honor Coleman's legacy, her great-niece, Gigi Coleman, was hosted by American Airlines on the flight, according to the airline.
All-Black, all-female American Airlines crew flies from Dallas to honor Bessie Coleman
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
One for the books, and hopefully in the future, we'll have become an enlightened nation where the disparities in treatment and opportunity no longer exist, and all Americans will have an equal shot at success and achievement. Thus, when that's been inculcated into our national psyche, there shall be no need to celebrate minority achievements, because we would be a fair and equitable nation with universal opportunity for success.
Unfortunately, I'll be long dead before that happens.
One for the books, and hopefully in the future, we'll have become an enlightened nation where the disparities in treatment and opportunity no longer exist, and all Americans will have an equal shot at success and achievement. Thus, when that's been inculcated into our national psyche, there shall be no need to celebrate minority achievements, because we would be a fair and equitable nation with universal opportunity for success.
Unfortunately, I'll be long dead before that happens.
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