#BlackExcellence: 17-year-old DC native Christopher Alexander Ballinger is one of the youngest licensed pilots in the country.
Trailblazing aviator Bessie Coleman—the first Black woman to earn an international pilot’s license—will be featured on the U.S. quarter.
M’lis Ward—the first Black woman captain in commercial passenger aviation—is on a mission to increase the representation of Black women in the industry.
