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Air Commerce Act (1926),
32
,
80
,
81

Airline Pilots' Association,
88

Air-marking program,
93
–95,
101
,
173
n,
174
n

Air-mindedness,
24
–25,
36
,
44
,
48
,
81

Airplane Owners and Pilots Association,
116

Akin, Stella,
100
,
176
n

Alliance for Progress,
120
,
126

American Conservative Union,
129

American Party,
129

Armstrong Field,
29
,
33
,
35

Audemars, Edmond,
26

Bachman, Senator Nathan,
77

Baker, Senator Howard,
136

Barnes, Florence “Pancho”: air racing of,
54
,
56
–57,
70
,
162
n,
164
n

friend of Phoebe,
127
,
131
,
165
n

Women's Air Reserve (WAR),
77
,
88
–89,
169
n

Barrier, Rene,
26
–27

Beard, Rep. Robin,
136

Bendix Trophy Race,
95
–96,
99

Bennett, Floyd,
29
–30

Blair, Emily Newell,
75

Bleriot, Louis,
25
,
26
,
154
n

Bowman, Martie,
64
,
65
,
72

Branch, Harlee,
106
–7

Buffington, H. Glenn,
123
–25,
128
,
130
,
144

Carraway, Senator Hattie,
89

Central Airlines,
87
–88

Central States Aero Company,
36
–37

Cessna, Eldon,
69
,
70

Chicago and Southern Air Lines,
98
,
175
n

Civil Aeronautics Act (1938),
104

Civil Rights Act (1964),
123

Cold War,
115
–16

Commerce, Department of Aeronautic Branch of,
32
,
77
–80,
83
,
170
n

Air Safety Board,
105
–7,
177
n

Bureau of Air Commerce,
32
,
49
,
170
n

Civil Aeronautics Authority,
104
,
105
–9,
112
–17

Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA),
106
,
107
,
109
,
112
–17

Civilian Pilot Training Program (CPTP),
104
–5,
108
,
120
,
177
n

Ground Servicemen's Training Program,
107
–8,
120

low-cost airplane development,
81
–86

menstruation issue,
88
–90,
172
n

tricycle landing gear,
84
–86,
171
n

War Training Service (WTS),
105
,
108
,
114

Communism and anticommunism,
116
,
118
–19,
123
,
125
–27,
129

Cone, Carroll,
88
,
90

Congress for Freedom,
130

Coolidge, President Calvin,
30
,
35

Cord Cabriolet automobile,
68
,
72
–73,
167
n

Cotham, Lisa,
144
–45

Crosson, Marvel,
50
,
51
,
55
,
56
,
162
n,
163
n,
164
n

Crump, E. H.,
30
,
35
,
77
,
96

Curtiss, Glenn H.,
25
–26

Curtiss, Lena (Mrs. Glenn H.),
26

Curtiss Northwest Company,
8
,
10
,
12
,
16

Curtiss planes: Flying Boat,
8

Headless Pusher,
6
,
25
–26

JN4D biplane (Jenny),
8
,
9
,
13
,
36
,
148
n

Oriole,
12
,
14
,
18

Curtiss-Wright Corporation,
45
–46,
66

Davis, Rep. Clifford,
120

Democratic Party,
74
,
75
,
76
,
78
,
96
,
118
,
142

Dewson, Mary W. “Molly,”
75
–78,
101
–3,
105
–6,
142

Dirksen, Senator Everett,
122

Dixie Derby (1930),
64
–66

Doolittle, Jimmy,
95
,
127

Earhart, Amelia,
3
,
66
,
77
–78,
79
,
121
,
143

air marking,
93

air racing of,
48
,
50
,
53
,
54
,
56
,
58
,
59
,
95
,
99
–100,
162
n,
164
n

last flight of,
103

Ninety-Nines,
61
–62

Education: segregation of,
122
–23,
126
,
130