Grover Cleveland Nash (1911 – 1970) was the first black pilot to fly the mail for the US Postal Service, taking the role in May of 1938 to fly mail between Chicago and nearby towns.[1] He was first issued a pilot's license in 1938 and was a member of the Challenger Air Pilot's Association in Chicago and a founding member of the National Airmen's Association of America.[2]

Grover Nash was issued a private pilot's license in 1939 by Harry Hopkins, the US Secretary of Commerce.[3]

Grover Nash of was one of many African-American aviators who lived and worked in the Chicago area where the Challenger Aero Club was founded.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Race Man Will Fly U.S. Mail". The Pittsburgh Courier. 1938. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  2. ↑ "Fact Sheets : Grover C. Nash : Grover C. Nash". Hill.af.mil. Archived from the original on 2008-10-09. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "Black Wings - National Air and Space Museum". Nasm.si.edu. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  4. ↑ US Air Force, Hill Air Force Base, Ogden, Utah
  5. ↑


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