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Identifier
20126683
Description
Fort Worth members of the "99'ers", national organization of women pilots, will greet the 78 women flyers participating in the All-Women's Transcontinental Air Race August 15-19. Meacham Field is the only mandatory stop on the course from Santa Ana, California, to Detroit. The local pilots are, left to right, Mrs. Rowena Burns, Misses Bobbie Taylor, Mary Helen Rattikin and Marjorie Gray; Mmes. Berl Godfrey, Verna Burns and Pat Slisz.
Archival Date
1951-07-24
Collection Name
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Collection Number
AR406-6-455
Original Format
Negatives, Black & White
File Format
JPG
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Subjects
Air pilots; Aircraft
Names
Burns, Rowena; Taylor, Bobbie; Rattikin, Mary Helen; Gray, Marjorie; Godfrey, Berl (Mrs.); Burns, Verna; Slisz, Pat; Ninety-Nines (Organization); Powder Puff Derby
Subjects
Air pilots; Aircraft