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Title
Women pilots - licensed 'just for fun
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Brich, George
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1965
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph article dated July 20, 1965 partially reads, "Why do women become licensed airplane pilots? Members of the San Fernando Valley Chapter of the 99's Inc., an international organization of licensed women pilots, got their licenses for reasons ranging from love to air sickness... The 99's is an active group. They go on monthly fly-ins anywhere from 15 to 150 miles just for lunch and relaxation. Recent fly-ins have been to Catalina, Los Alamitos Naval Air Station, San Diego, Palm Springs, Apple Valley, Ventura, Palomar and California City... They also had seven members entered in this year's Powder Puff Derby for women pilots. The derby was a race from El Cajon, Calif., to Chattanooga, Tenn." Photograph caption reads, "Mrs. Ardie Trenholm, Northridge, and Mrs. Malone, Burbank, look over plane, as Mrs. Libby Svenson, Van Nuys, and Miss Catherine Black, Northridge, map out flight pattern. All are members of San Fernando Valley Chapter of 99's Inc."; See images #00135217 through #00135221 for all photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00135221
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d042_f4_i31
CARL0005606263
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/65190
Subject
Ninety-Nines (Organization)
Van Nuys Airport
Powder Puff Derby
Associations, institutions, etc.--California--Los Angeles
Associations, institutions, etc.--Membership
Airports--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles)
Airplane racing--California--Los Angeles
Air pilots--California--Los Angeles
Contests--California--Los Angeles
Women--California--Los Angeles
Women air pilots--United States
Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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