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[Clipping: Sharing the Thrill of Flight] (open access)

[Clipping: Sharing the Thrill of Flight]

Newspaper clipping titled "Sharing the Thrill of Flight" from the Miami Herald. It includes four photographs. The top left photo is of Fernando Botlho posing with former Women Airforce Service Pilot, Helen Snapp in front of the Brazilian Demoiselle aircraft. The top right photo is of a young boy posing in a restored antique aircraft. The bottom left photo is of Dennis Labbe taking off in a Cessna O-2A aircraft. The bottom right photo is of Dennis Labbe's aircraft flying, leaving behind a trail of smoke.
Date: November 6, 2011
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Doris Tanner to Rigdon Edwards, March 6, 1996]

Postcard from Doris Tanner to Rigdon Edwards informing him that the printer is ready and that if he can find a picture of himself from 1942 to 1944, she would like to have it. The front has a photograph of two bottlenose dolphins taken by Dr. Randall S. Wells.
Date: March 6, 1996
Creator: Tanner, Doris Brinker
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Elaine Harmon to Rigdon Edwards, August 6, 1995] (open access)

[Letter from Elaine Harmon to Rigdon Edwards, August 6, 1995]

Letter from Elaine Harmon to Rigdon Edwards including video tapes and discussing a couple of reunions she will be attending.
Date: August 6, 1995
Creator: Harmon, Elaine Danforth
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, July 6, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, July 6, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing waiting on modifications to her plane during a ferrying trip, a future visit to Orlando, clothes and mailing personal items, and orders. Written on the back of Hotel Continental (Kansas City) stationary.
Date: July 6, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cornelia Yerkes aircraft rating certificate] (open access)

[Cornelia Yerkes aircraft rating certificate]

Pilot rating for Cornelia Yerkes indicating that she was qualified on both single and multi-engined aircraft and seaplanes.
Date: February 6, 1945
Creator: United States. Department of Commerce. Civil Aviation Administration
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jacqueline Cochran to Cornelia Yerkes, February 6, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Jacqueline Cochran to Cornelia Yerkes, February 6, 1945]

Letter from WASP leader Jacqueline Cochran to Cornelia Yerkes (courtesy of her father Fred) introducing a certificate recognizing her service as a WASP.
Date: February 6, 1945
Creator: Cochran, Jacqueline
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History