Grover C. Nash Explained

Grover Cleveland Nash (1911 – 1970) was the first black pilot to fly the mail for the US Postal Service, taking the role in May of 1938 to fly mail between Chicago and nearby towns.^[1] He was first issued a pilot's license in 1938 and was a member of the Challenger Air Pilot's Association in Chicago and a founding member of the National Airmen's Association of America.^[2]

Grover Nash was issued a private pilot's license in 1939 by Harry Hopkins, the US Secretary of Commerce.^[3]

Grover Nash of was one of many African-American aviators who lived and worked in the Chicago area where the Challenger Aero Club was founded.^{[4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. News: Race Man Will Fly U.S. Mail . 16 February 2022 . The Pittsburgh Courier . 1938.
2. Web site: Fact Sheets : Grover C. Nash : Grover C. Nash. Hill.af.mil. 19 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20081009112749/http://www.hill.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=5931. 2008-10-09. dead.
3. Web site: Black Wings - National Air and Space Museum. Nasm.si.edu. 19 July 2018.
4. US Air Force, Hill Air Force Base, Ogden, Utah
5. http://www.rgnash.net/nash