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Photograph caption dated May 29, 1965 reads, "Powder Puff Derby entrants Janet Hardin, left, and Bettye Fry, have been sharpening their flying skills soloing gliders at Tehachapi. The pilots, sponsored in the air race by Monarch Flight Sales and Service, at Lockheed Airport, are shown at cockpit of the 'Bluebird,' famous Sweitzer 2-32 soaring plane at recent display at Van Nuys Airport."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Lockheed Air Terminal, Inc Powder Puff Derby Women air pilots--United States Air pilots--United States Airplanes--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Airports--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.) Group portraits Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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