Lt. Colonel Carol Curtis
Promotions continue even during the Covid 19 shut down. Congratulations to the newly promoted Lt. Colonel in the Civil Air Patrol.
Col Curtis has been a member of the Cornelius R. Coffey Squadron and is now the Illinois Wing Director of Recruiting and Retention. Along with her new wing duties she will still be the Primary Instructor at Thornwood High School for Civil Air Patrol and the Aviation Science Program.
Congratulation Col. Curtis
Black Women Airline Pilots Patrice Clark-Washington The First Black Female To Become A Captain For A Commercial Airline. |
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First officer Patrice Clarke never intended to write history. A UPS pilot, she never set out to be one of the first Black females to graduate from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida with an aeronautical degree. Nor did she plan to be the only female professional pilot working; in her native country of the Bahamas. Ms. Clarke only wanted to be a pilot. “I first became interested in aviation while participating in career week activities at my high school in Nassau, Bahamas. My first thought was to become a flight attendant. Then I decided I wanted to fly planes,” she said in the Organization of Black Airline Pilots newsletter. “When I told my friends that I wanted to become a pilot, they laughed at me. Rut my mother taught me that there was no limit to what I could become.” A native of Nassau, Clarke began her career at Trans Island Airways. a small charter airline. Later, she was hired by Bahamasair, and in 1988 began work as a pilot for UPS. Ms. Clarke, one of only 11 African-American female commercial pilots in the U.S. airline industry, was recently promoted to captain with United Parcel Service. This advancement marks the first time an African American female has become a captain for a major airline. She and her husband, Ray who is a pilot for American Airlines are the only African American couple whom both fly for a major commercial carrier. |
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