Walking on Air (39 page)

state control of,
120
–23,
125
–28

Eisenhower, Dwight,
118
–19

Elder, Ruth,
50
,
53
,
59
,
162
n,
164
n

Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) (1965),
122
–23

Engle, Lavinia,
75
,
77

Equal Rights Amendment,
129

Fahy, Claire,
54
,
55
,
162
n,
164
n

Fain, Sarah Lee,
75
–76,
168
n

Fairgrave, Andrew E.,
4
,
10
,
15
,
147
n,
183
n

Fairgrave, Madge Traister,
4
,
10
,
15

Fairgrave, Paul,
4
–5

barnstorming of,
10
,
15
,
21
–22

split with Phoebe,
132
,
151
n,
183
n

Falkner, Maud,
99

Farley, James,
77

Faulkner, Dean,
90
,
92
–93

Faulkner, John,
99
,
175
n

Faulkner, Louise Hale,
91

Faulkner, William,
90
,
93
,
98

Flying Faulkners,
91
,
92

Pylon
,
91
–92

“William Faulkner's (Famous Author) Air Circus,”
91

Federal Airways System,
80
,
170
n

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),
135
,
137

Folkerts, Clayton,
36

Foltz, Edith,
56
,
58
,
162
n,
164
n

Ford, Edsel,
43

Ford, Rep. Harold,
136

Ford Reliability Air Tour,
33
,
38
–44,
49
,
157
n

Fox, Col. Herbert,
113

Fox Motion Picture Company,
9
,
10
,
20
,
150
n

Frisbee, John J.,
26

Garros, Roland,
26
,
154
n

Gore, Senator Thomas P.,
78

Graf Zeppelin,
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,
74
,
162
n

Guggenheim Fund,
29
–30,
156
n

Haizlip, Mary,
52
,
53
,
54
,
58
,
72
,
164
n

Hamilton, Charles K.,
26

Hammond Aircraft,
86

Hardin, Charles,
9
,
10
,
14
,
15

Lifepack parachute of,
9
,
149
n

Hardin, Kathryn,
10

Harkness, Nancy,
94

Hartley-Frazier, Della May,
131
–33,
145

Heath, Lady Mary,
60

Henderson, Cliff,
99
,
127

Hinckley, Robert H.,
105
,
106
–7,
109

Hoover, Herbert,
30
,
63
–64

Hopkins, Nancy,
64

Ingalls, Laura,
64
,
65
,
99

John Birch Society,
129

Jones, Rep. Ed,
136

Jones, Jesse,
107

Jones, Willie “Suicide,”
91

Kacarides, James T.,
134
–37

Keith-Miller, Jessie “Chubby,”
49
,
53
,
56
–58,
60
,
162
n,
164
n

Kittridge, Dr. Emma,
88
–89

Kunz, Opal,
50
,
53
,
162
n,
164
n

La Rene, Jean,
70

Langdon, Charity,
64

Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory,
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,
81
,
83
–85

Law, Ruth,
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,
7
,
23
,
153
n

Liberty Amendment,
129

Liberty Award,
129

Lindbergh, Charles: barnstorming of,
151
n

Memphis, visit to,
34
–35,
158
n

solo flight of,
33

Spirit of St. Louis
,
34
–35

Transcontinental Air Transport,
66

Locklear, Omer,
9
,
149
n

Luscombe, Don,
36

Mars, J. C.,
26

Marsalis, Frances,
87
,
172
n

McCloskey, Helen,
94

McDonald, W. Percy,
36
,
101
,
109
,
111
,
113
,
124
,
175
n

McEwen, George “The Black Eagle,”
91

McKellar, Senator Kenneth D.,
29
,
77
,
101
,
106

Mechanic Arts High School,
4
,
5
,
10
,
22
,
148
n

Memphis: Aero Club,
28
–29,
30
,
31
,
35
–36,
101

as air minded,
24
–25

air shows,
25
–27,
29
,
46
,
66

Arlington Hotel,
24

as aviation hub,
25
,
33
,
46

Businessmen's Club,
28
,
155
n

North Memphis Driving Park,
28
,
155
n

Park Field (Millington),
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,
24
,
28
,
29
,
153
n

Princess Theater,
22

Tri-State Fairgrounds,
22
,
25
–28,
30

Memphis Municipal Airport,
30
,
35
–36,
66
,
73

air express at,
74

airmail at,
73
–74

Airport Authority,
135
–37

American Airways at,
73
,
74

Chicago & Southern Air Lines at,
73

Curtiss-Wright Corporation,
45
–46,
66

grand opening of,
45
–46

Mid-South Airways at,
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,
33
,
36
,
45
,
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,
73
,
74

Pacific Seaboard at,
73

Universal Aviation at,
45
,
66
–67,
73

Messer, Glenn,
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–22,
152
n,
153
n

Memphis Municipal Airport,
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,
73
,
74
,
90
,
99
,
101
,
175
n

Mid-South Airways at Armstrong Field,
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,
33
–34,
36
,
45
,
46
,
101

Miller, Izetta Jewell,
100

Miller, Ray,
6
–8,
10
–11

Mississippi River flood of 1927,
30
–32

Moisant, Alfred,
26

Moisant, Johnny,
26
–27,
155
n

Moisant International Aviators, Inc.,
26
–27,
154
n

Mono Aircraft, Inc.,
37
,
140

Monocoupe,
36
–37,
67
,
84
,
167
n

Chiggers
(Monocoupe 90),
38
,
40
–45,
140
,
160
n

Miss Memphis
(Monocoupe 140),
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,
64
,
69
,
72
,
73
,
75

Miss Moline
(Monocoupe 110),
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,
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,
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,
60

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA),
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–81,
84
–86,
99
,
179
n

National Air Races,
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n,
165
n

Chicago (1930),
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,
65

Cleveland (1929),
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–49,
58
–61

Cleveland (1931),
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,
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–72

Los Angeles (1936),
95

Women's Air Meet (1934),
87
,
172
n

National Women's Air Derby (1929),
47
–61,
164
n

Navigation, aerial: air marking,
93
–95

airport systems,
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,
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,
93
,
110
,
111
,
115
,
116

pilotage,
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,
44
,
49
,
51
,
60
,
68
,
94
,
104
,
105

New Deal agencies: Civil Works Administration,
80

Works Progress Administration,
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,
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,
95
,
101
,
107

Nichols, Ruth,
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,
50
,
58
,
59
,
162
n,
164
n

Ninety-Nines, International Organization of Women Pilots,
61
–62,
130
,
165
n

air marking of,
176
n

Memphis chapter of,
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,
134
,
135

menstruation issues of,
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–89

Museum of,
141
,
144

Nixon, President Richard,
125
,
129

Noble, Edward J.,
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Noyes, Blanche: air marking of,
100
,
174
n,
176
n

air racing of,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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–64,
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,
99
–100,
162
n,
164
n

O'Donnell, Gladys: air racing of,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
59
,
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,
69
,
70
,
162
n,
164
n

Omlie, Phoebe Fairgrave: air racing of,
38
–44,
47
–61,
64
–66,
72
–73,
162
n,
164
n

air-marking program of,
93
–95,
101
,
173
n,
174
n

alcoholism, rumors of,
183
n,
184
n

autobiography of,
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,
127
,
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,
130
–32,
148
n

aviation records of,
18
–19,
45
–47,
161
n

awards and winnings of,
59
–61,
65
–66,
72
–73,
95
,
164
n

barnstorming by,
12
–14,
16
–19,
20
–23,
152
n

Communism, concern with,
115
–19,
125
–29

Constitutional amendment proposed by,
122

death of,
133

education, concern for,
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,
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,
120
–23,
125
–28

employment in federal government of,
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,
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–78,
80
–84,
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,
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,
90
,
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–95,
96
,
101
–3,
106
–7,
173
n,
174
n (
see also
Commerce, Department of)

family of,
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–4,
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,
15
,
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,
133
,
147
n,
151
n,
183
n

first plane of,
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–11,
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n

flight instructors' school of,
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–9

gender issues of,
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,
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,
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,
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–64,
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,
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–90,
94
,
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,
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,
105
,
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,
108
–12,
176
n

health of,
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,
130
–33

licenses, pilot and mechanic, of,
28
,
32
–33,
157
n

marriage to Vernon Omlie,
12
,
22
,
90
,
96
,
97
–98,
106
,
173
n (
see also
Omlie, Vernon Cleophas)

Mid-South Airways,
29
–30,
34
,
36
,
66
,
74
,
156
n,
168
n

mishaps and injuries of,
17
–18,
20
,
21
,
34
,
41
,
44
,
60
,
65

Mono Aircraft Corp, consultant for,
36
–38,
73
(
see also
Monocoupe)

nautical mile issue,
116
–17,
126
,
180
n

Ninety-Nines, association with,
61
–62,
88
–89,
130
,
133
–35

parachute-jumping of,
9
–10,
14
–15,
16
–17,
18
,
21
–22,
23
,
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,
141
,
151
n,
156
n

Phoebe Fairgrave Fliers
,
16
,
19
,
22