Cornelius Coffey
STEM Career: Aeronautical Mechanic and Licensed Pilot
Significant Contribution/s: First African American to be licensed as both a pilot and aeronautical mechanic; established his own flight training school, the Coffey School of Aeronautics, in Chicago.
Birth: September 6, 1903
Death: March 2, 1994
Picture: https://airandspace.si.edu/webimages/640/91-6606_640.jpg
Learn more:
http://www.blackpast.org/aah/coffey-cornelius-r-1903-1994
http://pioneersofflight.si.edu/content/cornelius-coffey
http://pioneersofflight.si.edu/content/coffey-school-aeronautics
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