"The Tuskegee Airmen, they made it
possible for me to become a pilot, a better person, a better human
being. If I have to mortgage my house . . . whatever we have to do
to make this trip."
Source: Lee Owens commenting on his goal of
becoming the first Black man to fly around the world in a
single-engine airplane. Owens plans to circumnavigate in style via
a P-51 in memory of the Tuskegee Airmen.
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