Grover C. Nash
Grover Cleveland Nash (1911–1970) was the first black pilot to fly the mail for the US Postal Service. 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.[1]
Grover Nash was issued a private pilot's license in 1939 by Harry Hopkins, the US Secretary of Commerce.[2]
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.[3][4]
References
- ^ Fact Sheets : Grover C. Nash : Grover C. Nash
- ^ 1939 list of black pilots">
- ^ US Air Force, Hill Air Force Base, Ogden, Utah
- ^ http://www.rgnash.net/nash
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