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Organizations, Honors and Races
All Aviation and Space
Women Pilots
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Milestones of Flight Commemorative Series put out by the Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum
Series
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Number 5
T-2 - The first non-stop coast to coast flight, 26 hr. 50 min, 36 sec, from San Diego to Long Island.
50th Anniversary, May 2-3, 1023. Piloted by Oakley G. Kelly and John Am Macready.
Cancellation day May 3, 1973 in San Diego, California.
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| Number 6
40th Anniversary of the first solo round-the-world flight, Wiley Post in the "Winnie Mae," July 15-22, 1933.
Postmarked July 15, 1973 from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. |
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Number 23
40th Anniversary
First solo flight from Hawaii to California
Amelia Earhart, January 11, 1935, Honolulu Hawaii
Cancellation 11 Jan 1975.
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| Number 42
Harriet Quimby. |
| Number 49
Jacqueline Cochran. |
| Number 81.
50th anniversary of the Ninety-Nines - the founding of the National Organization of Women Pilots.
November 2, 929 in Valley Stream, New York.
Postmarked November 2, 1979, from Valley Stream, New York.
The illustration features an un-named woman, who I assume is supposed to be Amelia Earhart - who was the first President of the 99s. |
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