Bessie Coleman was the first African-American woman ... Coleman was preparing for an air show that was to have taken place the following day. At 3,500 feet with Wills at the controls, an unsecured ...

Early 20th-century America didn’t offer many career paths to people like Bessie ... show scheduled for the next day, when a wrench left in the engine caused the plane to spin out of control ...

During a test flight for an air show, a mechanical issue with the plane caused it to crash throwing Bessie Coleman from the plane to her death. (Courtesy Mitch Hemann) The tribute by Paxon ...

We are spotlighting five influential women in aviation who have been inducted into the WAI Pioneer Hall of Fame. According to ...