Coffey School of Aeronautics

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The Coffey School of Aeronautics was a flight school in [[Oak Lawn, Illinois]], founded by [[Cornelius Coffey]] and [[Willa Brown]]. It was the first flight school owned and operated by African-Americans in the United States. The school opened in 1940 and closed after [[World War 2]].<ref name="tuskegee-airmen"></ref> While it was open, it trained African-American pilots as part of the [[Civilian Pilot Training Program]]; many of these pilots went on to join the [[Tuskegee Airmen]].<ref></ref>

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[[Category:Aviation schools in the United States]]

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