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Charles Alfred ‘Chief’ Anderson - Plane & Pilot

Summary by Plane & Pilot Magazine
It was just a sunny afternoon flight in a yellow Piper Cub. For pilot Charles Alfred “Chief” Anderson, the flight itself was ordinary. His passenger in the backseat, though, was anything but. Anderson, a Black man, was taking first lady Eleanor Roosevelt for an airplane ride. In 1940s America, it was unthinkable. That 40-minute hop would become known as “The Flight That Changed History.” Born in 1907 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Anderson was capt…
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Plane & Pilot Magazine broke the news in on Friday, July 4, 2025.
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