She had been training black pilots since the late 1930s ... She was very prominent in the field. — Walter Hill, Jr. (image via Wikimedia Commons) When she first began taking flight classes in 1936, Willa Brown knew she had a busy decade ahead of her. The next 10 years saw a world war, the integration of the military, an increase in national energy around civil and gender rights — and amid those events, Willa was netting achievement after achievement of her own.
A Woman to Know: Willa Brown Chappell
A Woman to Know: Willa Brown Chappell
A Woman to Know: Willa Brown Chappell
She had been training black pilots since the late 1930s ... She was very prominent in the field. — Walter Hill, Jr. (image via Wikimedia Commons) When she first began taking flight classes in 1936, Willa Brown knew she had a busy decade ahead of her. The next 10 years saw a world war, the integration of the military, an increase in national energy around civil and gender rights — and amid those events, Willa was netting achievement after achievement of her own.