The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 155, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 27, 2008 (open access)

The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 155, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 27, 2008

Semi-weekly newspaper from Bastrop, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 27, 2008
Creator: McAuley, Davis
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, March 7, 2008 (open access)

The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, March 7, 2008

Semiweekly newspaper from Boerne, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 7, 2008
Creator: Cartwright, Brian
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 155, No. 8, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 22, 2008 (open access)

The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 155, No. 8, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 22, 2008

Semi-weekly newspaper from Bastrop, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 22, 2008
Creator: McAuley, Davis
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 155, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 13, 2008 (open access)

The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 155, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 13, 2008

Semi-weekly newspaper from Bastrop, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 13, 2008
Creator: McAuley, Davis
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Dublin Citizen (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 6, 2008 (open access)

The Dublin Citizen (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 6, 2008

Weekly newspaper from Dublin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 6, 2008
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 113, No. 11, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 12, 2008 (open access)

The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 113, No. 11, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Weekly newspaper from Clifton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 12, 2008
Creator: Smith, W. Leon
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

Nancy Love and the Wasp Ferry Pilots of World War II

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She flew the swift P-51 and the capricious P-38, but the heavy, four-engine B-17 bomber and C-54 transport were her forte. This is the story of Nancy Harkness Love who, early in World War II, recruited and led the first group of twenty-eight women to fly military aircraft for the U.S. Army. Love was hooked on flight at an early age. At sixteen, after just four hours of instruction, she flew solo “a rather broken down Fleet biplane that my barnstorming instructor imported from parts unknown.” The year was 1930: record-setting aviator Jacqueline Cochran (and Love’s future rival) had not yet learned to fly, and the most famous woman pilot of all time, Amelia Earhart, had yet to make her acclaimed solo Atlantic flight. When the United States entered World War II, the Army needed pilots to transport or “ferry” its combat-bound aircraft across the United States for overseas deployment and its trainer airplanes to flight training bases. Most male pilots were assigned to combat preparation, leaving few available for ferrying jobs. Into this vacuum stepped Nancy Love and her civilian Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS). Love had advocated using women as ferry pilots as early as 1940. Jackie Cochran …
Date: March 15, 2008
Creator: Rickman, Sarah Byrn
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 6, 2008 (open access)

The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 6, 2008

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: March 6, 2008
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 81, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 20, 2008 (open access)

Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 81, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 20, 2008

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: March 20, 2008
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, March 21, 2008 (open access)

The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, March 21, 2008

Semiweekly newspaper from Boerne, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 21, 2008
Creator: Cartwright, Brian
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Federal Portion of the Statewide Single Audit Report: 2007 (open access)

Texas Federal Portion of the Statewide Single Audit Report: 2007

Annual report of federal funds expended by the state of Texas including financial statements and reports from auditors related to fiscal year 2007.
Date: March 2008
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History