The Tribune

BAHAMIAN pilot Dr Harold Munnings returned from a journey to New Jersey last week where he presented the Bahamian flag to members of the Albert E Forsyth Chapter of the Black Pilots of America.

Dr Munnings piloted a single engine plane into New Jersey and presented the flag in an effort to raise awareness about Bahamian pilot Albert Forsyth.

Forsyth was born on Fowler Street and later attended McGill University in Canada. He and his co-pilot, C Alfred “Chief” Anderson, are known for their Pan-American Goodwill Tour of the Caribbean, which marked the first flight of a land plane from Miami to the Bahamas.

In July 1934, with Dr Forsyth at the controls, and Anderson as co-pilot, under the headlights of local cars their plane was the first to land on solid ground in Nassau.