He Built America's First Black Airline. They Took It. In 1969, Warren Hervey Wheeler founded Wheeler Airlines—the first FAA-certified Black-owned commercial airline in U.S. history. Born in Durham, North Carolina in 1943, Wheeler became Piedmont Airlines' first Black pilot in 1966, flying Boeing 737s when most airlines refused to hire Black pilots. Frustrated by systemic racism, he built his own solution. Wheeler Airlines operated five Beechcraft 99 aircraft on routes connecting Raleigh to New Y

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