Cornelius Coffey

Cornelius Robinson Coffey (September 6, 1903, Newport, Arkansas – March 2, 1994, Chicago, Illinois)[1] [2] was an American aviator. Alongside Willa Brown, he was the first African American to create a non-university-affiliated aeronautical school in the United States.

  1. ^ Birth certificate available on Ancestry.com, accessed July 8, 2023.
  2. ^ Date of death Archived 2017-10-15 at the Wayback Machine, mooseroots.com; accessed August 20, 2017.