The San Diego Air & Space Museum new permanent “Breaking Barriers” exhibit honors pioneering Black American aviators and astronauts throughout…
The centerpiece of the exhibit is an animatronic featuring the likeness of Benjamin Oliver Davis, Jr., the first Black American brigadier general in the United States Air Force during World War IIThe San Diego Air & Space Museum will Friday open its new permanent exhibit"Breaking Barriers," honoring pioneering Black American aviators and astronauts throughout history.
"The new `Breaking Barriers' exhibit is a natural permanent extension of our longstanding salute to the Tuskegee Airmen through our P-51 Mustang, which is painted with their famous distinctive Red Tail Squadron design, as well as through the Black American innovating aviators we honor in the Hall of Fame on display at our museum every day."
In addition to Brigadier General Davis, the men and women featured in the"Breaking Barriers" exhibit include: James Herman Banning and his mechanic, Thomas Cox Allen: The first Black Americans to fly across the United States on Oct. 9, 1932;Janet Harmon Bragg: The first Black American woman to earn a commercial pilot's license in 1942;
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