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About

Statement from the Coffey School of Aeronautics Next

Student run aviation after school program dedicated to preserving African American aviation heritage and pursuing FAA pilot and mechanic certificates.

Our mission is to disrupt the traditional pathways to FAA Pilot and Mechanic certificates while making aviation equal regardless of one's socio-economic condition. Mr Cornelius Coffey the namesake of the club was a pioneer in making aviation just, equal and without bias to gender, race or class.

Team

Legacy

Videos

P.B.S Jay Shefsky

Zaire's first solo flight.

Mobile Museum

Historic

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Dr Earl W. Renfroe,pioneering orthodontist professor U.I.C in his Travel Air with the insignia of U.S Army Air Corp, Millitary Order of Guards. First African American millitary pilots sanction by the state of Illinois in 1934 predating the Tuskeegee Airmen.
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Coffey School of Aeronautics integrated advance course aircraft familiarization for pilots and aircraft mechanics program in the basement of Wendell Phillips High School.
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Between 1933 and 1946, Willa Brown graduated from Northwestern University with a master's degree in Business Administration, became a commercial pilot, aircraft mechanic and co-founder of the Coffey School of Aeronautics an integrated civilian pilot training program/wartime training program. In 1946, she ran for congress in the Republican Primary.
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Mr. Coffey standing next to his Piper Tri-Pacer that we are restoring.
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Mr.Coffey, passing his knowledge to a female student pilot during the war time training program.
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Willa Brown and family at the Harlem Airport, Coffey School of Aeronautics civilian pilot training program.
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The day before the attack on Pearl Harbor .
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Willa worked with Mary McLeod Bethune and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt to effect change in aviation.
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Willa with her instructors and students, William Paris forward cockpit, chief instructor Coffey School of Aeronautics. Aircraft - Waco UPF7.
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Mr.Coffey and Mr.Robinson fund raising with their Heath Parasol at the Dreamland Cafe 35th and State Street.

Projects

Technical Projects

Projects of the Coffey School of Aeronautics Next

Electric Powered Sonex Xenos experimental kit project. Tail Section has been ordered and ariving in January. The kit completion is expected to be spring 2021. The Illinois Institute Of Technology Aviation Maintenance Club will assist the Coffey School Of Aeronautics Next in the construction of the kit. The electric powerplant used is from a Zero motorcycle. View the link to the Gabriel DeVault.

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The construction of the Xenos, also exposes the students to unmanned aerial vehicles/drones like the NASC Teros .

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Other engine choices for the Xenos may include UAV Turbines Monarch Hybrid to extend the range for touring motorglidering.

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The Coffey School of Aeronautics Next, in collaboration with the IIT Aviation Maintenance Club will perform testing on improving glide performance of the Xenos as well as converting the Onex to a motor glider using wing grid technology.

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Community Enrichment Projects

Return the Boeing P-12E to the community project, advocates for the return of the P-12E. The aircraft which was a critical part of the Coffey School of Aeronautics training program, has been under represented for nearly 50 years at its current location. We at the Coffey School of Aeronautics Next would like to see the aircraft return to the south side of Chicago. The board members of the Coffey School of Aeronautics Next realise that this Boeing was part of the most significant integrated training program of World War II, run by African Americans. We imagine a museum dedicated to the aviators from the south side of Chicago and their work in aviation. The Boeing P-12E will be a center piece of the museum. This Boeing is one of only two remaining P-12Es and the only known aircraft remaining, that was part of the Coffey School of Aeronautics. This aircraft would have not been saved if not for Mr.Coffey and his life long friend Marcellus Foose. The Boeing which is currently at the National Museum of the US Air Force would be an inspiration to future generations and most impactful in the neighbourhood where it helped change the course of history.

Contact

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Our Address

3000 S King Dr, Chicago, IL 60616

Email Us

CoffeyNext@gmail.com

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312-479-1285