Chief Civilian Flight Instructor Charles Alfred Anderson took Eleanor Roosevelt on an hour-long flight during her 1941 visit to the Tuskegee Institute. Here they are pictured aboard the aircraft …

Feb 28, 2013 · In an era when blacks were thought incapable of flying airplanes, Eleanor Roosevelt went up with a black pilot at the controls. By doing so, she helped establish the …

Mar 25, 2011 · Seventy years ago, in March of 1941, first lady Eleanor Roosevelt hopped in the back of pilot C. Alfred "Chief" Anderson's plane at the Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama …

First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt takes a ride in a JP-3 Piper airplane used for training at Tuskegee. She is pictured here with the Director of Training at Tuskegee, Lewis Jackson, and Chief pilot …

Chief Anderson gave Eleanor Roosevelt a plane ride when she visited Tuskegee in 1941. She was determined to counter the view that African Americans couldn't fly. Their photograph was …

Mar 14, 2025 · One notable woman who helped the Tuskegee Airmen take off into history was the First Lady of the United States. Eleanor Roosevelt visited the squadron in 1941, and insisted a …

First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt was very interested in the work at the Tuskegee Institute, particularly in the aeronautical school. In 1941 she visited Tuskegee Army Air Field and asked …

Jul 27, 2000 · "I've always heard colored people can't fly, but I see them flying around here," Eleanor Roosevelt reportedly said during her visit [to the Tuskegee Army Air Field in 1941]. …

Mar 22, 2011 · The newly established Tuskegee Army Air Field at Tuskegee, Ala., became the focal point for training of African American military pilots during World War II. In this 1941 …

First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, a stalwart supporter of equal rights, helped Tuskegee secure a loan from the Rosenwald Fund to build an airfield. Even more importantly, she visited Tuskegee …