Thomas Allen

Happy Tuesday POU Family! I will continue with this week's open thread theme, African-Americans in Aviation and Space.   James Herman Banning (November 5, 1900 – February 5, 1933) was an American aviation pioneer. In 1932, James Banning, accompanied by Thomas C. Allen, became America's first black aviator to fly coast-to-coast.  Dreaming from boyhood of being a pilot, … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: African-Americans in Aviation and Space