{"id":26113,"date":"2022-08-20T18:43:47","date_gmt":"2022-08-20T13:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=26113"},"modified":"2022-08-20T22:39:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-20T17:09:00","slug":"american-airlines-flight-operated-by-an-all-black-women-crew-in-honor-of-bessie-coleman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/20\/american-airlines-flight-operated-by-an-all-black-women-crew-in-honor-of-bessie-coleman\/","title":{"rendered":"American Airlines flight operated by an all-Black women crew in honor of Bessie Coleman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The airline flew a special flight in honor of the 100th anniversary of the first Black woman to get a pilot\u2019s license.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

American Airlines recently operated a flight from Dallas Fort-Worth Airport (DFW) to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX), Arizona, with an all-black female crew.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

100th anniversary of Bessie Coleman<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This includes everyone involved in the safe operation of the flight, including the Captain, flight attendants, aircraft maintenance agents, to even the cargo personnel. The flight was to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Bessie Coleman getting her pilot\u2019s license.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Onboard the flight was Gigi Coleman<\/a>, Bessie Coleman\u2019s niece, who now runs an after-school aviation program named after her aunt. Gigi expressed her gratitude to American Airlines for the chance to highlight her great aunt\u2019s accomplishments in the field of aviation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I believe she would’ve been really amazed and in awe. I was in awe, and this is 2022. My great-aunt received her license 2 years before Amelia Earhart. She wasn’t in the history books. No one knew about her.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was the 1st time in American Airlines<\/a>\u2019 history that a flight was operated by an all-black women crew. Bessie Coleman was the 1st ever woman of color to get a pilot\u2019s license. Fueled by her passion for aviation, she had to travel all the way to Europe to attend flight school, as females had virtually no opportunities in the United States. Bessie obtained her pilot\u2019s license in 1921, over a hundred years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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