✍🏾: @tiff.chey
American Airlines celebrated the 100-year legacy of Bessie Coleman, the first Black woman to earn a pilot’s license, last month in an inspirational way by hosting Gigi Coleman, the late pilot’s great-niece, on a flight from Dallas-Fort Worth to Phoenix operated by an all-Black female crew.
Gigi, who is also the President of Bessie Coleman Aviation All-Stars, stated, “I am grateful for American Airlines to give us this opportunity to highlight my great aunt’s accomplishments in the field of aviation.”
To add to the inspiration, the pilots, cadets, and members of the Bessie Coleman Foundation met with students at The Academies at South Mountain in Phoenix to talk about careers in aviation.
In 1921, Bessie became the first African American woman and first woman of Native American descent to hold a pilot’s license breaking many barriers in aviation for black women. Colemon, before death, performed many air shows throughout her career and is a role model to young women who may ever want to fly.
This event allowed growth in empowering a legacy for those who come to see women that look like them in all the fields incorporated in aviation. #BWLM💕
