Helen Richey collection, 1935-1944.

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Helen Richey collection, 1935-1944.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70978519

Correspondence, a flight lesson diary, still images, newspaper clippings, flight charts, and ATA publications, relating to Richey's early years in aviation and her service in the British Air Transport Auxiliary.

2 cubic ft.

San Diego Aerospace Museum Library & Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 8066388

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Great Britain. Air Transport Auxiliary

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Richey, Helen, 1909-1947

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Helen Richey, born on 12 Nov. 1909 in McKeesport, Pa., began her flying career as a teenager out of high school. In 1929 she became the first licensed female pilot in Allegheny County. In Aug. 1932, Richey and Frances Marsalis set a new women's endurance record when the pair stayed aloft for almost ten days. In May 1934, Richey won the main race at the first National Air Meet for Women in Dayton. Richey was the first female pilot to be hired to fly by a commercial scheduled passenger carrier on ...