Dale L. White
*Dale L. White's birth is celebrated on this date in 1899. He was a Black pilot and aviation activist.
Born in Minden, Louisiana, White moved to Chicago, Illinois, in 1930. In 1932, he attended the Curtiss-Wright Aeronautical University. In August 1933, White began his flight training and received his license in June 1936. Along with Chauncey Spencer, he flew a 1939 "Goodwill Flight" from Chicago, Illinois, to Washington, DC, to lobby for African Americans to be able to join the U.S. Army Air Corps.
For decades, Dale L. White was active in Chicago's Black flying circles and a Challenger Air Pilots Association (CAPA) member, a group organized by Chicago-area Black aviation enthusiasts. White died in 1977.
