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Cornelius Coffey : ウィキペディア英語版 | Cornelius Coffey
Cornelius Coffey (born in Newport, Arkansas, on September 6, 1903, and died in 1994) was an African American aviator. He was the first African American to create a non-university-affiliated aeronautical school in the United States. He was the first African American to hold both a pilot's and a mechanic's license.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cornelius Coffey, Early Black Aviator )〕 ==Career==
Coffey helped integrate African American pilots into the American aviation industry.〔 He worked with his good friend John C. Robinson. Together, they formed the Challenger Air Pilots Association. He opened the Coffey School of Aeronautics in Robbins, IL with Willa Brown that helped train many African American pilots, including some of the Tuskegee Airmen.〔〔Holway, John B. "Early pioneers". ''Cobblestone'', ISSN 0199-5197, Feb. 1997, Vol. 18, Issue 2.〕 The school moved to the former Harlem Airport, which was located at 87th Street and Harlem Avenue in the late 1930s.〔 After World War II, he taught aeronautics at the Lewis Holy Name School of Aeronautics in Romeoville, IL and at Dunbar Vocational High School in Chicago, IL.〔
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