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[[CROSS-COUNTRY FLIERS GREETED BY EDITOR]]

Dale White and Chauncey Spencer, Chicago aviators, are greeted by Robert L. Vann, editor of The Courier, upon the occasion of their arrival in Pittsburgh from Cleveland. Left to right: Chauncey Spencer, Dale White, Lieut. Jimmie Peck, Pittsburgh airman, and Mr. Vann. The editor of The Courier has shown a pioneer interest in aviation and a chance for Negro aviators. The Pittsburgh Courier, under his direction, initiated and promoted the fight to force Congress to recognize black flyers. - Photo by John G. Taylor

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[[IT WASN’T ENGINE TROUBLE]]

Chauncey E. Spencer and Dale L. White, Chicago flyers, shown checking their motor before taking off. They flew to Washington to lobby for participation in the college students' air training program that passed Congress earlier this session. Spencer and White are officers in the National Airmen's Association of Chicago. (McNeill Photo.) 

[[INTREPID CHICAGO AVIATORS PILOT ‘OLD FAITHFUL’ IN CROSS COUNTRY GOODWILL TOUR]]

Chauncey "Clark Gable" Spencer, left, and Dale White, Chicago aviators and representatives of the National Airmen's Association, with the airplane "Old Faithful,"  which they are piloting to eastern cities in behalf of the Air Show to be held in Chicago in August. From Pittsburgh where they arrived Friday, they flew to New York, landing Saturday morning. In Washington they will be greeted by several members of Congress and by Edgar G. Brown, valiant crusader for racial rights, who has conducted a successful fight for recognition of the Negro aviator in the nation's law. - Photo by Taylor.