Meet Charles Frederick Page, a black man born into slavery that taught himself how to read and write. But more impressively according to Local Historian Michael Wynne patented the first airship. Wynne has uncovered local newspaper articles and reports from 1904 recording the outstanding feat of flight by a black man and his airship. His research even further led him to find Charles F. Page’s patent predates that of the Wright Brothers.
The Black Aviator Who Soared The Sky Before the Wright Brothers
