Walking on Air (40 page)

post-1964 travels of,
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–
28

poverty of,
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,
129
,
131
,
132
,
133
,
182
n

presidential campaigns of (1932 and 1936),
74
–76,
100
–101,
168
n,
174
n

resignation of,
117

retirement in Mississippi of,
119

The Silent Majority Speaks Out
,
125
–28

states' rights,
118
,
122
,
129

stunts for movies of,
9
,
10
,
16
,
20
,
21
,
22
–23,
150
n,
152
n

stunts in Memphis of,
29
,
66
,
156
n

Tennessee Aviation Act (1937),
101
,
104

Tennessee Aviation Hall of Fame,
138

Tennessee Civil Pilot Training Program (TCPTP),
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,
104
–5

Omlie, Vernon Cleophas: barnstorming of,
13
–23

death of,
97
–98

early aviation career,
12

flying with Faulkners,
90
–93

marriage to Phoebe,
12
,
22
,
34
,
44
,
72
–73,
90
,
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,
98
,
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n

Mid-South Airways,
30
,
34
,
46
,
67

military career of,
12
,
150
n

Omlie Tower,
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–37,
139
–40

Overton, Watkins,
35
–36,
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n

Paris, Neva,
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,
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n,
164
n

Peabody Hotel,
30
,
35
,
90

Perkins, Frances,
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–77,
95

Perry, Margaret,
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,
162
n,
164
n

Pidgeon, Patrick,
140

Pro America,
129

Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO), strike (1982),
137

Putnam, G. P.,
50

Pylon
,
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–92

Rasche, Thea,
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,
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n,
164
n

Ratcliffe, Jeanira,
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–32

Rawson, Barney,
69

Reagan, President Ronald,
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–37

Rentzel, Delos W.,
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Rex, Janette,
115

Richey, Helen,
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–88,
99
–100,
174
n

Rickenbacker, Eddie V.,
72

Roark, Eldon,
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,
134

Roche, Josephine,
89
,
95

Rogers, Will,
40
,
51

Roosevelt, Eleanor: assisting Phoebe,
77
–78,
89
,
101
–3,
105
–7,
142

campaign (1932),
74
–76

Roosevelt, Elliot,
75
,
77
,
78

Roosevelt, Franklin D.: assisting Phoebe,
77
–78,
105
,
106

campaign (1932),
74
–76

campaign (1936),
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,
99
–100

supporting aviation,
81
,
101
,
104

Roper, Daniel C.,
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–78

Rowland, Earl,
69

Sasser, Senator James,
136

Scharlau, Gene Slack,
142

Seymour, Joseph,
26
–27

Simon, Rene,
26

Smith, Elinor,
50

Social Security,
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,
133
,
143

Stewart, Ruth,
69

Stinson, Eddie,
40
–41

Stinson, Estelle (Mrs. Eddie),
40
–42

Tait, Maude,
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Taxpayer's Lobby,
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Taylor, Swanee,
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Tennessee Aeronautics Commission,
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,
101
,
104

Tennessee Aviation Act (1937),
101
,
104

Tennessee Bureau of Aeronautics,
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,
109
,
112
,
113

Tennessee Civilian Pilot Training Program (TCPTP),
101
,
104

Thaden, Louise,
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,
49
,
50

air-marking program,
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,
100

air racing of,
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,
55
,
58
–59,
99
,
162
n,
164
n

friend of Phoebe,
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,
125
,
127
,
129
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,
133
,
144

Ninety-Nines,
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–62

records of,
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,
50
,
162
n

Transcontinental Air Transport (TAT),
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–67,
166
n

Transcontinental Handicap Sweepstakes Air Derby (1931)
67
–70

Trout, Bobbi,
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,
58
,
59
,
127
,
162
n,
164
n

Townley, Arther C., and the Non-Partisan League,
12
,
14
,
150
n

Udet, Major Ernst,
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–72

Velie, Willard L.,
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,
73

Vidal, Eugene L.,
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,
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–82,
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–86,
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,
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Vidal, Gore,
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Voelter, Karl,
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Von Mach, Mary,
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,
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n

Waco airplanes,
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n

Walker, Vera Dawn,
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n,
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n

Wallace, George,
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Wanamaker, Walter,
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Warren, D. C.,
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Webb, Pat Thaden,
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,
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Weick, Fred E.,
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–84,
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Wendell, Philip,
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Westover, General Oscar,
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White, Sue Shelton,
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–76

Whitehead, Dr. Roy E.,
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Willard, Charles,
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Williams, Al,
71

Wilson, Woodrow,
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,
7

Women's Air Reserve (WAR),
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,
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–89,
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n

Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs),
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,
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,
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Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC),
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Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS),
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World War I,
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,
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,
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,
29
,
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–72,
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World War II,
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–14

Wright, Theodore P.,
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–15

Wright brothers,
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Zimmerling, Barney,
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,
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