Английская Википедия:Grover C. Nash

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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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