The Coffey School of Aeronautics was a flight school at Harlem Airport in Oak Lawn, Illinois, founded by Cornelius Coffey and Willa Brown. It was the first flight school owned and operated by African-Americans in the United States. The school opened in 1940 and closed after World War II.[1] While it was open, it trained African-American pilots as part of the Civilian Pilot Training Program; many of these pilots went on to join the Tuskegee Airmen.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Willa Beatrice Brown" (PDF). Tuskegee Airmen Inc. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 March 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  2. ↑ Heise, Kenan. "CORNELIUS COFFEY, EARLY BLACK AVIATOR". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 3 April 2020.

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