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Tag Archives: Amelia Earhart
LaGuardia Airport history: Bessie Coleman, the first African-American to fly airplanes
By Roz Hamlett, Portfolio Editor In the same year that Amelia Earhart took her first flying lesson – 1921 – Bessie Coleman received her pilot’s license, making her the first African-American licensed pilot in the world. The following year, her … Continue reading
Posted in airport history, airports, aviation, aviation geeks, historic photographs, history, history buffs, history of aviation, LaGuardia Airport, Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, Uncategorized
Tagged Amelia Earhart, Bessie Coleman, Bessie Coleman stamp, Chicago Defender Newspaper, Curtiss Field, Federation Aeronautique Internationale, first African American aviator, Robert Abbott, Shuffle Along, William Wills
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Newark Airport: America’s First Love Affair with Flight
By Roz Hamlett, Editor In 1928 the same year Amelia Earhart was winning the hearts, minds and imaginations of Americans by becoming the first woman to fly across the Atlantic (as a passenger), the first hard-surfaced strip of any commercial … Continue reading
Posted in airports, first nonstop flights, history, history buffs, history of aviation, Newark Liberty International Airport, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Uncategorized
Tagged airport, Amelia Earhart, commercial airport, Newark, Newark Airport, Newark Liberty International Airport
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