Georgian makes history as the first black woman with a disability to receive a pilots license

We interrupt your regularly scheduled gripe session to bring you some rare good news. Leslie Irby of Atlanta earned her official sport pilots license after successfully completing her first solo flight through Able Flight, an organization that strives to help people with disabilities get to the cockpit. This makes Irby the first black woman with a disability to get a pilots license, according to the website Because of Them We Can. Read more about Irby’s journey there!

Leslie Irby, the first black woman with a disability to get her pilots license, sits next to a small aircraft in her wheelchair.