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Cornelius Coffey was born on 6 September, 1902 in United States, is an American aviator. Discover Cornelius Coffey's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 91 years old?
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91 years old |
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6 September 1902 |
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6 September |
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March 2, 1994, Chicago, Illinois |
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Cornelius Coffey Height, Weight & Measurements
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Cornelius Coffey Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Cornelius Coffey worth at the age of 91 years old? Cornelius Coffey’s income source is mostly from being a successful . He is from United States. We have estimated Cornelius Coffey's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Cornelius Robinson Coffey (September 6, 1903, Newport, Arkansas – March 2, 1994, Chicago, Illinois)
Alongside Willa Brown, he was the first African American to create a non-university-affiliated aeronautical school in the United States.
Coffey's work in aviation was in part inspired by the example of pioneering African American aviator Bessie Coleman in the 1920s.
Coffey helped integrate African American pilots into the American aviation industry.
He worked with his friend John C. Robinson, together, they formed the Challenger Air Pilots Association and in the 1930s integrated the
Curtiss–Wright Aeronautical University.
He opened the Coffey School of Aeronautics in Robbins, Illinois with his wife, Willa Brown, where many African American pilots were trained, including some of the Tuskegee Airmen.
Among his other colleagues, Coffey also worked with early pilot Janet Harmon Bragg.
The school moved to the former Harlem Avenue Airport in Illinois, which was located at 87th Street and Harlem Avenue in the late 1930s.
After World War II, he taught aeronautics at the Lewis Holy Name School of Aeronautics in Romeoville, Illinois and at Chicago's Dunbar Vocational High School.
He received the Dwight H. Green Trophy in 1941.
He was honored with a day by the City of Chicago on July 22, 1980.
He was inducted into the Illinois Aviation Hall of Fame in 1984.
In September 2023 Coffey will be inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in Dayton, Ohio.
The Cornelius R. Coffey Aviation Education Foundation was established at the American Airlines Maintenance Academy in Chicago in his honor to train young pilots.
Pilots flying to Midway Airport make a course correction over Lake Calumet which is known as the Coffey Fix.
Coffey's Piper Tri-Pacer 135 aircraft was scheduled to be on exhibit from 2016 at the Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum as part of the exhibit, Barnstormers, Wing-walkers, and Entrepreneurs: 150 Years of Aviation in Illinois.
