Katherine Stinson certificate 1927

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Katherine Stinson certificate 1927

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/435687723

Collection consists of one document appointing Katherine Stinson to attend the National Conference for the Development of Commercial Aviation, signed by Governor Richard C. Dillon, May 31, 1927.

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Museum of New Mexico Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7526810

Museum of New Mexico Library

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Stinson, Katherine, 1891-1977

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Katherine Stinson was born 1891 in Fort Payne, Alabama [corrected date and place]. She was introduced to aviation in 1911, when she participated in a balloon ascension. This started her life-long interest in aviation and made Katherine Stinson one of the first female pilots in the United States and the world. She attended the Lillie Aviation Company in Chicago where she was taught flying by a reluctant Max Lillie. In the same year she received FAI certification #148. Her carrier covered many "fi...