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James Banning in the Miss Ames

Banning barnstorming in Iowa in 1929 with his airplane Miss Ames

James Banning in the Miss Ames

James Banning was one of the first African Americans to earn a pilot’s license. He studied engineering at Iowa State, then joined William J. Powell at the Bessie Coleman Flying Club in Los Angeles.

Credit: National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution

Photo Number: SI 83-97

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James Banning in the Miss Ames

James Banning in the Miss Ames