| 词条 | Azellia White |
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| name = Azellia White | image = | caption = | birth_date = 1913 | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | known_for = Aviator | spouse = Hulon White | occupation = | residence = Gonzales, Texas }}Azellia White (born 1913 in Gonzales, Texas) is the first African-American woman to earn a pilot's license in Texas.[1] She and her husband ran the Sky Ranch Flying Service, an airport and flight school for African-American aviators.[2] LifeIn 1936, Azellia married Hulon "Pappy" White.[2] Five years later, they relocated to Tuskegee, Alabama, where Hulon White worked as an airplane mechanic with the Tuskegee Airmen.[2] Azellia White was inspired by a visit from Eleanor Roosevelt in 1941, after which Roosevelt encouraged her husband to let the Tuskegee Airmen fly in World War II.[1] White began training there, flying a Taylorcraft airplane under the instruction of several Tuskegee Airmen.[6] She earned her private pilot's license on March 26, 1946.[3] After World War II ended,[2] the Whites moved to South Houston.[3] Together with Tuskegee Airmen Ben Stevenson and Elton "Ray" Thomas, they founded the Sky Ranch Flying Service[4] in 1946.[4] Located on the Taylor-Stevenson Ranch, the Sky Ranch Flying Service was an airport for Houston's black community and provided charter flights as well as flying lessons.[4] Azellia White was not an official owner, but was popular around the airport.[5] Flying students often asked her to take them for rides, and she would sometimes play pranks on them in midair, taking them by surprise with stunts.[5] Because travel by land exposed African-Americans to potential harassment or assault, she would sometimes fly from town to town with her niece to go shopping.[5] Sky Ranch Flying Service closed when new laws restricted the use of the G.I. Bill and caused business to slow.[4] LegacyWhite was inducted into the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame in April 2018.[6] In Houston, the Aviation Science Lab at Sterling High School was named in her honor.[3] Principal Justin Fuentes called her "a powerful reminder to our students that they can be anything they want to be and achieve anything they want to achieve. No one can stop them."[5] References1. ^1 {{cite web | title=At 105, Azellia White Reflects On Making History As The First Black Female Pilot In Texas | website=BOTWC | url=https://www.becauseofthemwecan.com/blogs/botwc-firsts/at-105-azellia-white-reflects-on-making-history-as-the-first-black-female-pilot-in-texas | access-date=2019-01-04}} 2. ^1 2 {{Cite news|url=https://abc13.com/first-female-black-pilot-in-texas-still-making-history/4743115/|title=First female black pilot in Texas, Azellia White, still making history|last=Lawson|first=Melanie|date=22 November 2018|work=ABC News|access-date=18 January 2019}} 3. ^1 2 3 {{cite web |url=https://www.lonestarflight.org/azellia-white |title=Azellia White: Pioneering African-American Female Aviator |website=Lone Star Flight Museum |access-date=2018-12-13}} {{cite web |url=https://www.obap.org/azellia-white |title=Azellia White |publisher=Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals|access-date=2018-12-13}} 4. ^1 2 3 {{Cite web|url=https://www.americancowboymuseum.org/programs--events|title=Sky Ranch Flying Service|last=|first=|date=2013|website=American Cowboy Museum|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=18 January 2019}} 5. ^1 2 3 4 {{Cite web|url=https://www.obap.org/azellia-white|title=Azellia White|last=|first=|date=2018|website=Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=18 January 2019}} 6. ^{{cite web |url=https://groups.tti.tamu.edu/aviation/2018/04/12/texas-aviation-hall-of-fame-names-class-of-2018/ |title=Texas Aviation Hall of Fame Names Class of 2018 |last=General Aviation News |date=2018-04-08 |publisher=Texas A&M Transportation Institute|access-date=2018-12-13}} External links
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