Perry Young
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Perry Young, a pioneer aviator in vertical flight, in the cockpit of his New York Airways Sikorsky S-55 helicopter.
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Perry Young, a pioneer aviator in vertical flight, in the cockpit of his New York Airways Sikorsky S-55 helicopter. Hired in 1956, he became the first black to fly for a commercial airline.
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National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
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SI 99-15496
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