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Photograph also used in article dated November 11, 1946. Photograph caption dated August 19, 1946 reads, "First pilot to check in at Aviation Maintenance Corporation for the Bendix Trophy Race was Miss Nadine Ramsey of Los Angeles. As she steps from her ship, a former Army P-38 photo-reconnaisance [sic] ship, she is greeted by Colonel John H. Fite, president of AMC. Thus far, Miss Ramsey is the only woman pilot entered in the cross-country race, which is being held for the first time since 1939."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Aviation Maintenance Corporation Airplanes--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Women air pilots--United States Air pilots--United States Contests--United States Group portraits Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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