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Remembering David Harris, the First Black Commercial Pilot for a Major Airline

Remembering David Harris, The FIrst Black Commercial Pilot for A Major Airline

David E. Harris, a former Air Force airman who became the first Black pilot for a major U.S. passenger airline, died on March 8 in Marietta, Georgia. He was 89 years old.  Harris worked for American Airlines from 1964 to 1994, according to The Washington Post, becoming the first Black pilot to man the cockpit […]

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