Before Amelia (53 page)

Stinson Reliant,
200

Stinson School for Flying,
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245

St. Joseph's Orphanage,
236

Stocks, Cheridah de Beauvoir,
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119
–21,
123

Stoephasius, Curt von,
86

St. Raphael,
129

Stroud, Patricia,
5

Stultz, W. L.,
98

Stull, Catherine,
140

Sullivan, Nora,
275

Sunday Blue Laws,
154
–55

Suvelak, Joseph,
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75

Tabuteau, Maurice,
28

Tageev, Boris,
97

Taft, President William H.,
147

Tauranga Aero Club,
118

Tcheka, General,
94

Templehof,
61
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72
,
84

Terechenko, Fedor F.,
97

Texas Escuadrille,
244

Thelen, Robert,
61
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62
–63,
64
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82

Thieghem, Clothilde van,
21

Tipton, Frank,
133

Titanic,
159

Tom, Gunn,
220
–21

Topacio, Jose,
221

Tour de France,
37

Trans World Airways (TWA),
270

Treat, Vernon,
222

Trouse, Mme. Cozette de.
See
Beachey, Lincoln

Tschudi, Georg von,
60
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67
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71
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74
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81

Tufts Medical School,
140

Ulen, H. C.,
251

Uspensky, Lev,
99

U.S. Weather Bureau,
269

U.S. Aerial Mail Service,
199

U.S. Aviation Reserve Corps,
234

U.S. Consulate Service,
145

U.S. Postal Service,
163
,
196

Valentine, James,
128

Van Clief, William,
153
–54

Védrines, Emile,
28

Védrines, Jules,
111

Vial, Monsieur,
20

Victoire de Samothrace,
44

“Vin Fiz,”
269

Voisin, Charles,
10
,
11
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19
,
105

Voisin, Gabriel,
10
,
20
,
105

Vollick, Eileen,
265

Vollmoeler, Hans,
70

Wachter, Charles,
40

Waite, Roy,
231

Warcy, Quénardel de,
39

Ward, Jimmie,
180
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225
,
226

Washington National Airport,
270

Washington Post,
148
,
268

Waukessa, Chief,
191

Weymann, Charles,
16
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28

White, Christine,
97
–98

Whiting, Lt. Kenneth,
227

Whitt, Samuel S.,
151

Willard, Harry,
160

Willard, William A. P.,
160
–62

Williams, George,
216

Willys Overland Company,
132

Wilson, Al,
221

Wilson, Rose O'Neill,
232

Wilson, President Woodrow,
153
,
216

“The Wings That Save,”
43

Witte, Gustav,
70
,
71

Women's Aerial League,
108
,
111
,
119
,
129

Women's Aeronautical Association,
43

Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs),
275

Woodhouse, Henry,
273
–274

Woodlawn Cemetery,
163

Woodruff, Timothy L.,
170

World Magazine,
159

Wright aeroplane,
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10
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59
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60
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62
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66
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68
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70
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73
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92
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258

Wright brothers,
4
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60
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74
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131
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140
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141

Wright Company,
9
–10,
61
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188
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203
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208

Wright, Frank C.
See
Raiche, Francois

Wright, Jane.
See
Moore, Denise

Wright, Orville,
72
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74
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202
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208
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226
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228
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247
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254

Wright School,
132
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186
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202
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226
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234
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238
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250
,
258

Wright, Wilbur,
9
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10
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22
,
58

Yakima Daily Republic,
265

Yeager, Charles E.,
138

Zepherine,
44

Zvereva, Lydia,
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2
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3
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5
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7
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90
–92,
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EILEEN F. LEBOW, a former teacher, has written several books, including
Cal Rodgers and the
Vin Fiz:
The First Transcontinental Flight
,
A Grandstand Seat:The Army Balloon Corps in World War I,
and
The Bright Boys: A History of Townsend Harris High School.
She lives in Washington, D.C.