C.W. Chappelle was the only African American to display a plane at First Industrial Air Show in NY in 1911 - Face2Face Africa

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C.W. Chappelle was the only African American to display a plane at First Industrial Air Show in NY in 1911 - Face2Face Africa

It was in January 1911 when Charles Ward Chappelle presented at the First Industrial Aero Show, a showcase of aeronautical technologies in Brooklyn, New York. Ten years prior to that, the Wright Brothers’ flight had occurred. Almost everyone had become intrigued by powered flight or the idea of airplanes, and so was Chapelle, an African-American...

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