Grover C. Nash
Grover Cleveland Nash (1911 – 1970) was the first black pilot to fly the mail for the US Postal Service, taking the role in May of 1938 to fly mail between Chicago and nearby towns.[1] 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.[2]
Grover Nash was issued a private pilot's license in 1939 by Harry Hopkins, the US Secretary of Commerce.[3]
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.[4][5]
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- ↑ Fact Sheets : Grover C. Nash : Grover C. Nash. Retrieved from Hill.af.mil
- ↑ Black Wings - National Air and Space Museum. Retrieved from Nasm.si.edu
- ↑ US Air Force, Hill Air Force Base, Ogden, Utah
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