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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Lucy Thackray

All-Black, all-female crew flies to honour first Black woman to gain pilot’s licence

American Airlines

An all-Black, all-female American Airlines crew operated a flight from Dallas to Phoenix this week to celebrate pioneering Black aviator Bessie Coleman.

Ms Coleman was the first Black woman to receive her pilot’s licence in June 2021, and this month marked 100 years since her first public flight in 1922.

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