{"id":67185,"date":"2023-09-28T15:45:19","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T15:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africagiant.org\/?p=67185"},"modified":"2023-09-28T15:45:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T15:45:19","slug":"black-excellence-ariel-messam-york-youngest-black","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paulyne.wp-warriors.com\/?p=67185","title":{"rendered":"Black Excellence! Ariel Messam Is New York\u2019s Youngest Black Certified Pilot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ariel Messam, an 18-year-old African-American woman from Jamaica, New York, has made history by becoming the youngest woman of colour to be a Certified Private Pilot in her state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She graduated from Aviation Career &amp; Technical Education High School and earned her certification as an Aircraft Powerplant Technician while playing varsity basketball. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-related-links\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/paulyne.wp-warriors.com\/2019\/06\/26\/paul-e-williams-u-s-patent-invented-the-components-of-the-first-useful-helicopter\/\">Paul E. Williams invented the components of the \u201cfirst useful helicopter\u201d<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/paulyne.wp-warriors.com\/2023\/03\/30\/precious-sibalo-is-the-young-lady-who-rose-from-a-waitress-and-flight-attendant-to-pilot\/\">Precious Sibalo is the young lady who rose from a Waitress and flight attendant to Pilot<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/paulyne.wp-warriors.com\/2023\/09\/21\/donna-summer-look-alike-kelly-rowland-to-portray-her-in-a-biopic\/\">Donna Summer Look Alike Kelly Rowland would be more than happy to portray her in a biopic<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/paulyne.wp-warriors.com\/2023\/03\/04\/christopher-ballinger-is-making-history-as-one-of-the-us-youngest-black-pilot\/\">Christopher Ballinger is making history as one of the US Youngest Black Pilot<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/paulyne.wp-warriors.com\/2019\/10\/29\/kalenga-kamwendo-make-history-as-zambias-youngest-commercial-pilot\/\">Kalenga Kamwendo Zambia\u2019s youngest commercial pilot<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to her accomplishment, she has become a flight simulation instructor at Level Up and Take Off, an organisation founded by her brother to promote diversity, inclusion, and equity in aviation, real estate, and financial management. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Messam is also an ambassador for Girls Love to Fly, which empowers women interested in becoming aviators through scholarship opportunities and discovery flights. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She flies primarily out of Republic Airport in Farmingdale, New York, and loves to share clips of her flying adventures on social media. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She had announced on social media that she had finally achieved her goal of becoming the youngest Black woman to be a Certified Private Pilot in the state of New York. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She expressed her gratitude to her instructors, saying, &#8220;Thank you to my instructors @jocelynjones00 &amp; @rustic___ y\u2019all are dope, and nothing is possible without God. 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