Post by AggiePride on Jan 28, 2024 22:33:51 GMT -5
www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/wheeler-warren-h-1943/
In 1969 black aviator Warren H. Wheeler, a native of Durham, North Carolina, established Wheeler Flying Service (Wheeler Airlines), the first African American owned and operated air service in the United States.
Early on, Wheeler had a strong desire to become a professional aviator. By the time he graduated from Hillside High School in his hometown in the early 1960s, Wheeler had obtained credentials to fly privately. Shortly after that, he enrolled at Greensboro’s North Carolina A&T College (now North Carolina A&T University), a historically black college (HBCU), to begin his studies for a B.S. in Electrical Engineering.
After realizing he did not want to pursue a career as an engineer, Wheeler dropped out of North Carolina A&T and followed his early passion by enrolling in the American Flyers School in Ardmore, Oklahoma, in 1962
In 1969 black aviator Warren H. Wheeler, a native of Durham, North Carolina, established Wheeler Flying Service (Wheeler Airlines), the first African American owned and operated air service in the United States.
Early on, Wheeler had a strong desire to become a professional aviator. By the time he graduated from Hillside High School in his hometown in the early 1960s, Wheeler had obtained credentials to fly privately. Shortly after that, he enrolled at Greensboro’s North Carolina A&T College (now North Carolina A&T University), a historically black college (HBCU), to begin his studies for a B.S. in Electrical Engineering.
After realizing he did not want to pursue a career as an engineer, Wheeler dropped out of North Carolina A&T and followed his early passion by enrolling in the American Flyers School in Ardmore, Oklahoma, in 1962
