Tag: John Charles Robinson

Who is Colonel John C. Robinson?

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Father of the Tuskegee Airmen, and Ethiopian Airlines.

Introducing Colonel John C. Robinson, a truly historic aircraft Pilot, and Activist with a rich and inspiring background. He is the first African American to earn his wings. ​

According to the search results, **John C. Robinson** was an American aviator and activist who was hailed as the **Brown Condor** for his service in the **Imperial Ethiopian Air Force** against Fascist Italy during the Second Italian-Ethiopian War, 1935–1936. He is also known as the **Father of the Tuskegee Airmen** for his contributions to the aviation programs he began at the **Tuskegee Institute** in Alabama in the early 1940s. He was the first black student at the Curtiss-Wright School of Aviation in Chicago, Illinois, and later opened his own aviation school in Robbins, Illinois. 

Robinson’s incredible journey from a sharecropper’s son to becoming the first African American to earn an international pilot’s license is the inspiration behind this remarkable aircraft. ​

This Brown Condor website proudly pays homage to Robinson’s war service in Ethiopia, where he trained pilots and contributed to the Ethiopian Air Force during the Italian invasion. With a rich history and a commitment to excellence, the Brown Condor is a symbol of perseverance and a tribute to the pioneering spirit of Africa. Also, the creation of Ethiopia Air Force and Airline is proud to trace its roots back to the vision of King Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, who founded the airline in the 1945s. ​

In addition, as the flagship aircraft of Ethiopian Airlines, it pays homage to the airline’s legacy as a trailblazer in the aviation industry since its founding in 1945 under the direction of King Haile Selassie and Colonel John Robinson. ​

Father of the Tuskegee Airmen and Ethiopian Airlines and King Haile Selassie of Ethiopia.

The Brown Condor reflects the spirit of perseverance and excellence, making it a fitting choice for a memorable and meaningful flight experience. Unfortunately, he died in 1954 at the young age in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Soar to new heights and experience the legacy of the Brown Condor with us.

The Man called Brown Condor by Author Mr. Thomas E Simmons

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December 23, 2022

Transcript:
0:00 interview
0:02 with the book Auther of the man called
0:04 Brown Condor the Forgotten history of an
0:07 African-American fighter pilot by
0:10 Mr. Thomas E Simmons
0:12 it was a dream come true for Gulfport
0:15 author Tom Simmons when he traveled to
0:17 Addis Ababa Ethiopia this month Simmons
0:19 had spent years working on his book The
0:22 Man called Brown Condor the Forgotten
0:24 true story of an American war hero
0:27 John C Robinson but he had never visited the
0:29 country in Africa where most of this
0:31 story took place until now and
0:33 Tom Simmons joins us now with more and Tom
0:35 this is so exciting I know this must
0:37 have been a dream come true for you when
0:39 you were actually approached by some of
0:42 the people in Addis Abba about coming
0:43 over and sharing your story it was uh
0:46 right out of the blue it was very
0:49 surprised to me you know John Robinson grew
0:51 up here in Gulfport but those people his
0:54 story have been forgotten here and
0:56 somewhat there and they were celebrating
0:58 a memorial for him
1:01 and asked me if I would come to Ethiopia
1:04 and speak to the and that’s great and of
1:06 course John Robinson the commander of
1:08 the Imperial Ethiopian Air Corps and
1:10 that was during a time when there 1:11 weren’t
1:12 were there weren’t black Pilots
1:14 there weren’t many and and he had that
1:17 dream it was impossible for him to
1:19 accomplish that but with hard work
1:23 and the ability that he had
1:25 and his determination he was so good
1:28 when he finally got into Curtis Wright
1:30 School they kept him as an instructor
1:32 and then Haile Selassie heard about him
1:35 in Italy was going to invade Ethiopia
1:38 and the Emperor asked John if he would
1:40 come help them it hadn’t have been a
1:43 tough decision but it was exciting for
1:47 me to to go there the ex-president and
1:50 the CEO of Ethiopian Airlines let’s take
1:54 a look at some of these pictures too
1:55 John Robinson started Ethiopian Airlines
1:58 in 1945 and you can see they’re flying
2:01 the latest equipment now beautiful
2:03 Boeing 787 I’ll put their Airline
2:07 against up any in the country and of
2:10 course the people invited you they paid
2:12 for your trip this is the gentleman that
2:14 you spent a lot of time with there
2:15 that’s the former president of Ethiopia
2:19 and his name is Girmaw Welde Giorgis
2:24 the Ethiopian language is very difficult
2:27 to have 135 letters where we have 20.
2:30 yes it is and you know I lived in
2:31 Ethiopia in Addis Ababa as a child so
2:33 this is really fascinating to me now
2:35 here’s the party this looks like quite a
2:37 quite a party for you that was at his
2:39 retirement home and there were a hundred
2:41 people there and that’s what the Maine
2:44 talk they asked me to come meet those
2:45 people your father who had been there
2:48 asked me while I was there could I look
2:50 up an old friend of his and I gave them
2:52 the name and I said you know Colonel
2:54 Abernathy would really like to reconnect
2:56 with this man and they said well he’s
2:58 standing right over there small world
3:00 that was an amazing story and my dad has
3:03 since contacted him and they had a great
3:04 conversation and they reconnected after
3:06 you know part of you growing up was in
3:09 Ethiopia wonderful country wonderful
3:12 people they’re polite they’re
3:14 hospitable they’re polite to the point
3:17 of being shy
3:19 and but their language is Amharic
3:22 that’s the language of Ethiopia and they
3:25 say that’s it’s close to the language
3:27 that Jesus spoke
3:30 glad you had this opportunity and I’m
3:32 sorry we don’t have more time because we
3:34 have more pictures we’re gonna have to
3:35 do this again Tom any time and talk more
3:39 let me know when you have a book signing
3:40 for this too and people can find your
3:42 book where
3:42 Amazon or on my website or or uh it’s a
3:47 great Barnes and Noble any bookstore
3:49 it’s carried all over and it’s doing
3:51 well and thank you for having me thank
3:52 you so much Tom

ክፍል 3: ጥቁር አሜሪካዊው ፓይለት ኮ/ል ጆን ቻርለስ ሮቢንሰን የኢትዮጵያ ቡናማው ጆፌ (The Brown Condor of Ethiopia) “እንዴት ይህን ለማድረግ ቻልክ?”

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….እግቢው ሲገባ ከአንድና ሁለት ትናንሽ አውሮፕላኖች በስተቀር ምንም ሰው አልነበረም። ከዛም ደስ ወደምትባል ባለሁለት ክንፍ ቀይ አውሮፕላን ተጠግቶ በመስታወቱ መስኮት ውስጥ በውስጡ ያሉትን መሪና ማርሽ የመሳሰሉትን ሲያይ እርሱ ይጠግናቸው ከነበሩት ማካኒካዊ ነገሮች የተለየ ምንም ነገር አልነበረውም። በዚህም በመደነቅ ላይ እያለ በድንገት አንድ ሰው “ሄይ አንተ ልጅ ለምንድነው አውሮፕላኑን የምትዞረው?” ሲል በንቀትና በንዴት መልክ ተናገረው፣ ጆንም ደንግጦ ሲዞር አንድ ጸጉረ ቀይ አጭር ወፍራም በመኪና ዘይት እጁና ጸጉሩ የተጨማለቀ ሰው አየ። ከኋላው ግን ንጹህ ሙሉ ልብስ ከነክራባቱ እና የተወለወለ የፈረስ ጋላቢዎች ቦት ጫማ ያደረገ ወጣት ሰው ተከትሎታል። “እዚህ የመጣሁት በአውሮፕላን ለመሄድ ነበር። ስገባ እግቢው ውስጥ ምንም ሰው ስላላገኘው ነው አውሮፕላኖቹን እየተዟዟርኩ ማየት የጀመርኩት። ምንም የነካሁት ነገር የለም። “ ሲለው “አሃ ይህን ሁሉ መንገድ የመጣኅው በከተማ ያሉት ትልልቅ የአውሮፕላን ማረፊያዎች ለሻንቆዎች እሺ ስለማይሉ ነው አይደል?” አለው። ምንም እኳን ሻንቆ ብሎ አጸያፊ የሆነውን ቃል ሲናገረው ቢናደድም ንዴቱን ዋጥ አድርጎ በመቻል፣ “አይ እንደማንኛውም ሰው ገንዘብ አለኝ የመጣሁት ገንዘብ ከፍዬ በአውሮፕላን ለመብረር ነው” ምን ዓንት ስሜት ለማወቅ ብቻ” አለው። አብሮት ያለው ወጣቱ ሰው “ኦ ፔርሲ ምን እንዲህ ያነጫንጭሀል ይህ ሰው ምንም ያደረገው ነገር የለም” ካለ ብኋላ ወደ ሮቢንሰን ዞር ብሎ “አትፍረድበት ይህ ሳምንት መጥፎ ነበር ለፔርሲ፣ ሞተሩ አልሰራ ስላለው ነው” ካለ ብኋላ እንደገና ወደ ጸጉረ ቀዩ አይሪሽ ዞሮ “ነገሩን ሁሉ ተወውና ተከተልኝ ለቢራ ወደከተማ እንመለስ” አለው። ከዚያም ጆን ዞር ብሎ እያየው “የአየር ሜዳው ዝግ ነው በከንቱ ነው የደከምከው ምንም ነገር እንዳትነካካ ወደመጣህበት የመመለሻ ጊዜህ ነው ” ብሎ መሄድ ሲጀምር “ሄይ አንድ ደቂቃ” ብሎ ጠራቸውና “የሞተሩ ብልሽት ምንድነው? ምናልባት እጠግነው ይሆናል፣ የምትሰጡኝ የበረራ አገልግሎት ይካካሳል” ብሎ ነገራቸው። በዚህ ጊዜ ሁለቱም ፊታቸውን ወደ ሮቢንሰን አዞሩና ፔርሲ “አንተ ልጅ አውሮፕላን አጠገብ ደርሰህ የማታውቅ መሆኑ እየታየ ስለ አይሮፕላን ምን ታውቃለህ?” ብሎ ጠየቀው። ይሄኔ ምጸቱ ተሰማውና “እኔ ልጅ አልባልም ስም አለኝ ጆን ሮቢንሰን እባላለሁ፣ እናም ስለበረራ ምንም ባላውቅ ስለሞተር ግን በመጠኑ አውቃለሁ፣ የሰለጠንኩ መካኒክ ነኝ” ሲለው “ይሁንልህ” በሚል ሁኔታ ባለማመንና የለበጣ መልስ ሰጥቶት መንገዱን ቀጠለ። ከግቢው ወጥተው አጥሩን ዞር እንዳለ ወጣቱ እየሳቀ “ፔርሲ አባቴ አይሪሾች ዱልዱም እራሶች፣ ባለጌዎች እና በጡንቻቸው እንጂ በጭንቅላታቸው የማያስቡ ናቸው ይል ነበር። አንተም እንደአባባሉ ሲበዛ ኩሩ ነህ። ቢራና የመሳሰለውን እንኳን ለራስህ መግዛት አትችልም። በአንዲት የማትሰራ ጄኒ(የአውሮፕላኗ ስም ነው) ተወጥረህ እና ታጥረህ ቁጭ ብለሃል። አሁን ደግሞ ይህ ሰውዬ የሚናገረው እውነት መሆኑና አለመሆኑን፣ እናም እውነት ከሆነ ወደስራህ ይመልስህ እንደሆነ ለማወቅ አትፈልግም?” ሲለው ፔርሲ ቀጥብሎ ቆሞ ወጣቱን አየት አደረገና ምንም ቃል ሳይናገር ወደ ግቢው ተመልሶ “እሺ ሮቢንሰን ምን ዓይነት የመካኒክነት ስራ እንደምትሰራ ንገረኝ” ሲለው “የተሽከርካሪ መኪናዎች ሞተር” ብሎ መለሰለት። “እንዴት ይህን ለማድረግ ቻልክ?” ሲለው የሶስት ዓመት የኮሌጅ ትምህርትና ዴትሮይት ውስጥ የሁለት ዓመት የስራ ልምድ እንዳለው እንዲሁም በአጥሩ ጥግ ያቆማትን የራሱን መኪና ሞተሩን አድሶ ገጣጥሞ የሰራው እሱ መሆኑን ነገረው። በመጨረሻም ፔርሲ ለጠየቃቸው ጥያቄዎች ሁሉ ሮቢንሰን አዎንታዊ መልስ ስለሰጠው ጥገናውን እንዲቀጥል ፈቀደለትና እሱና ወጣቱ ጓደኛው ወደ ቢራ መጠጫ ቤት ሄዱ።

ምንጭ፡- የኢትዮጵያ ደራሲያን የፌስቡክ ገጽ

ክፍል 1: ጥቁር አሜሪካዊው ፓይለት ኮ/ል ጆን ቻርለስ ሮቢንሰን የኢትዮጵያ ቡናማው ጆፌ (The Brown Condor of Ethiopia) “ትውልድና ዕድገት”

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➛ የራይት ወንድማማቾች ከምድር ተነስተው በዓየር መብረር በጀመሩበትና ዓለምን ‘አጀብ’ ባሰኙበት 1903 ዓ.ም አንድ ጥቁር ህጻን በፍሎሪዳ ተወለደ። ዘመኑ በአሜሪካ የነጮች የበላይነት የነገሰበት፣ ጥቁሮች እንደ ሁለተኛ ዜጋ የሚቆጠሩበት ስለነበር ይህ ጥቁር ህጻን ለጥቁሮች መኖሪያ በተለየው በገልፍ ፖርት ሚሲሲፒ (gulf port Mississippi) ለማደግ ተገደደ። በሰባት ዓመት እድሜው ለመጀመሪያ ግዜ አውሮፕላን በሰማይ ላይ ሲበር የተመለከተው ህጻኑ ጆን ሲያድግ አውሮፕላን ማብረር እንደሚፈልግ ለእናቱ ይነግራት ነበር። የህጻን ልብ ሆኖ እንጂ በጊዜው አንድ ጥቁር ህጻን እንኳንስ ለአውሮፕላን አብራሪነት እራሱን የሚያጭበት የሰውነት ክብሩም የሚጠበቅበት አልነበረም አገሩ። እናቱም ይህን ምኞቱን ባነሳባት ቁጥር ‘ይህ የነጮች እንጂ የጥቁሮች ስራ አይደለም። ይልቅ ለጥቁሮች የሚፈቀደውን ነገር ለመስራት ብታልም ይበጅሀል።’ እያለች ትመክረዋለች። የጆን ልብ ግን አንዴ ስለሸፈተ ለእናቱ ምክርና ተግሳጽ የሚመለስ አልነበረም። አንደኛው የዓለም ጦርነት ሲጀመር ጆን ገና የ12 ዓመት ልጅ ነበር። ስለጦርነቱ ከሚነገሩ ዜናዎች ለጆን የበለጠ መንፈሱን የሚያነቃው በጦርነቱ ላይ የአሜሪካ የውጊያ አውሮፕላኖች የሚፈጽሙት ጀብዱ ነበር። የአንደኛ ደረጃ ትምህርቱን በጥቁሮች ት/ት ቤት ሲጀምር በትርፍ ግዜው ጫማ እየጠረገ እራሱንም ቤተሰቡንም መርዳት ጀመረ። ለመካኒካል ነገር ጥልቅ ፍቅር የነበረው ጆን ጫማ በማይጠርግበት ሰዓት ወደ አንድ መካኒክ ባለሱቅ ዘንድ እየሄደ ስራ በመርዳት በ14 ዓመት እድሜው ሹፍርናን ተማረ። ይህም ለጆን አዲስ የስራ እድልን የከፈተ አጋጣሚ ነበር። በሹፌርነት ሞያ እያገለገለ ትምህርቱን ተያያዘው። በዛ ጥቁሮች ለጉልበት ስራ እንጂ ለቀለም እውቀት አይመጥኑም ተብሎ በሚታመንበት ዘመን ጆን በትጋቱና በቤተሰቦቹ እርዳታ ወደ ኮሌጅ የሚያስገባውን ነጥብ በማግኘቱ ለላቀ ትምህርት ከቤተሰቦቹ ርቆ ወደ ተስከጂ ኢንስትቲዩት ተጓዘ። የኮሌጅ ጓደኞቹ ሲናገሩ ጆን ተስከጂ ሳለ ዘናጭ፣ ከሰው ተግባቢ፣ጥሩ ስፖርተኛና ሴት ከመውደዱ ውጪ ምንም ዓይነት ሱስ የሌለበት ወጣት ነበር። ክረምቱን ት/ት ቤት ሲዘጋ ስራ እየሰራ እና ቤተሰቦቹን ጭምር እየረዳ በሞተር ሞያ የኮሌጅ ትምህርቱን አጠናቆ ስራ ፍለጋ ወደ ዴትሮይት (Detroit ) አቀና። ➛ ህይወት በዴትሮይት ዴትሮይት በዘመኑ እያደገ ለነበረው የአውቶሞቲቭ ቴክኖሎጂ አንዷ ማዕከል ነበረች። ወደ ዴትሮይት ስራ ፍለጋ ነጮቹም ጥቁሮቹም ከየአቅጣጫው ይጎርፋሉ።

ይቀጥላል

ምንጭ፡- የኢትዮጵያ ደራሲያን የፌስቡክ ገጽ

THE MAN CALLED BROWN CONDOR  “Audience with the Emperor” by Author Mr. Thomas E. Simmons

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Chapter 16

(P151 – 152)    

February 1, 2023           

THE SUN BROKE THOUGH THE THINNING CLOUDS TO CHEERFULLY

brighten the morning. John took it as a good omen on the day he

was to meet Haile Selassie. The rain had turned the streets to mud but

nobody seemed to notice. Robinson picked his way carefully trying to

keep his shoer and pants clean until he reached the paved street that ran

past the Arat kilo Ghibi Palace, built by King Menelik in the late nine-

teenth century. The emperor lived in the Guenete Leul Palace but worked

in the Imperial Ghibi Palace.

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The gate leading onto the palace but worked

was guarded by two armed soldiers wearing greenish-khaki uniforms like

those of the Belgian army. The smartly uniformed palace guards were

special members of the seven thousand strong Imperial Body Guard, the

most well equipped military unit in Ethiopia. The members of the palace

guard itself were handpicked from a northern tribe noted for their height.

Most of them were nearly seven feet tall. John presented the formal invitation

he had received the royal seal, it requested his presence at the palace.

The ranking guard examined the card. looked Robinson over carefully,

motioned for him to wait just inside the gate on the palace grounds, and

proceeded to the palace.

President Obama White House Archives: Testimonial Speech about Brown Condor, Colonel John C. Robinson

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January 28, 2022

“Ethiopia has ignited the imagination of Americans for generations. Before African Americans won their civil rights, many of them were inspired by this country — a nation that never suffered the indignities of colonialism, people who defended their freedom and their right in self-determination. You already mentioned, Mr. Prime Minister, Colonel John Robinson, an American who was one of the fathers of the Tuskegee Airmen, nicknamed the Brown Condor, who then came to Ethiopia and trained Ethiopian pilots to tame their heavens and, as you indicated, helped to set up the Ethiopian Air Force.”