In my
continued and on going research into the life of Bessie Coleman, I just came to
realize something else, that Bessie Coleman was everything By Edward DeV. Bunn
Jr. said, in his book ‘Lifting as She Climbed: Bessie Coleman's Contributions
to the Elevation of Black Women’.
I am reading
and researching on many levels to get a better understand of Bessie and what
she endured to reach the status of ‘stunt pilot’. Last night I was reading Eugene Bullard: Black Expatriate in Jazz-Age Paris by Craig Lloyd, this is an amazing book giving the reader insight to
the Black or afro-American pilot and what they endure to reach pilot status,
and the female endures even more.
First,
referencing an article from Aviation Quarterly, the Curtiss JN-4 was one of the
most dangerous airplanes on the market where more flying cadets were killed in
training than in actual war; because, the cadet flew up front and the
instructor in the back seat; eventual this style of instruction was changed
where the instructor flew up front and the student in the rear-the instructor
new how to correct in problems. The skills of Bessie Coleman were demonstrated
when her engine cut off during a air show demonstration, she nosed the plane
over into a dive, and the engine started up again, the crown went crazy with
applause and Bessie’s notoriety increased.
Last night
in reading about Eugene Bullard, the first Africa-American male pilot, and the
fact that he was able to complete his training in seven months when it took
other pilots longer,
McConnell stresses how difficult the training was for the
initiate leaning to fly the avion de chasse, the fighter plane. To control
these small, swift craft on the ground as well as in the air, students had to
possess great dexterity of hand and foot. Moreover, fighter planes, unlike
larger ones used for reconnaissance or bombing, were one-seaters, and the
trainee had to have the courage to take off alone on his first flight. There
was a great deal of weeding out among fighter pilots because “a man’s aptitude
for the work shows up, and unless he is by nature especially well fitted he is
transferred to the division which teaches one to fly the larger and safer (and
co-pilot) machines.” Some fifty-six Americans and an untold number of French
students pilots failed to meet the demanding requirements and never served at
the front*.
From my
research I see Eugene Bullard in the light of a Malcolm X, and Bessie Coleman
in the light of Dr. Martin Luther King. Bother were tough, but approached
freedom from different paths.
Good Morning, In my continued and on going research into the life of Bessie Coleman, I just came to realize something else, that Bessie Coleman was everything By Edward DeV. Bunn Jr. said, in his book ‘Lifting as She Climbed: Bessie Coleman's Contributions to the Elevation of Black Women’. I am reading and researching on many levels to get a better understand of Bessie and what she endured to reach the status of ‘stunt pilot’. Last night I was reading Eugene Bullard: Black Expatriate in Jazz-Age Paris by Craig Lloyd, this is an amazing book giving the reader insight to the Black or afro-American pilot and what they endure to reach pilot status, and the female endures even more. First, referencing an article from Aviation Quarterly, the Curtiss JN-4 was one of the most dangerous airplanes on the market where more flying cadets were killed in training than in actual war; because, the cadet flew up front and the instructor in the back seat; eventual this style of instruction was changed where the instructor flew up front and the student in the rear-the instructor new how to correct in problems. The skills of Bessie Coleman were demonstrated when her engine cut off during a air show demonstration, she nosed the plane over into a dive, and the engine started up again, the crown went crazy with applause and Bessie’s notoriety increased. Last night in reading about Eugene Bullard, the first Africa-American male pilot, and the fact that he was able to complete his training in seven months when it took other pilots longer, McConnell stresses how difficult the training was for the initiate leaning to fly the avion de chasse, the fighter plane. To control these small, swift craft on the ground as well as in the air, students had to possess great dexterity of hand and foot. Moreover, fighter planes, unlike larger ones used for reconnaissance or bombing, were one-seaters, and the trainee had to have the courage to take off alone on his first flight. There was a great deal of weeding out among fighter pilots because “a man’s aptitude for the work shows up, and unless he is by nature especially well fitted he is transferred to the division which teaches one to fly the larger and safer (and co-pilot) machines.” Some fifty-six Americans and an untold number of French students pilots failed to meet the demanding requirements and never served at the front*. Now given the above site, remember that Bessie Coleman was 5’4”, 130 pounds, that had to teach herself French and raised her own money for travel and boarding in France, not to mention walking eight-teen miles everyday for her lessons. This is the type of woman you are honoring today. From my research I see Eugene Bullard in the light of a Malcolm X, and Bessie Coleman in the light of Dr. Martin Luther King. Bother were tough, but approached freedom from different paths. Something else you may have or not realized, Eugene Bullard Born: 1895 Enter military 1914 @ the age of 19 Became pilot May 5th, 1917 @ 22 yrs of age-May 5th, 1917 Bessie Coleman Born: born:January,1892The resilience of a women - Bessie Coleman 1892-1926 pilot rating – International Pilot June 15th, 1921 She was 29 years of age She was encouraged by newspaper owner, Robert S. Abbott, while working in a male barbershop as a manicurist. Bessie raised monies for her stunt pilot training by selling chilli in a business she owned. And, she has purchased two Curtiss JN-4s Bessie Coleman was seven years Eugene Bullard's senior... The Resilience of a woman - Bessie Coleman 1892 - 1926
newspaper owner, Robert
S. Abbott, while working in a male barbershop as a manicurist. Bessie raised
monies for her stunt pilot training by selling chilli in a business she owned.
And, she has purchased two Curtiss JN-4s
The Resilience of a woman - Bessie Coleman
1892 - 1926 www.wearethelegacy.com
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