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Ruth Law in flight (Item)

Photograph of Ruth Law piloting her Curtiss Model D Headless aircraft, Hammondsport, New York, circa 1910s. Inscription: "Ruth Law, Hammondsport, N.Y., (Pioneer Days)." Caption on envelope: "Ruth Law in flight."

[NC315Y logbook #1, February 1932-December 1932] (Item)

Aircraft maintenance logbook for Dorothy Hester's Great Lakes Model 2T-1A aircraft (NC315Y), February 1932-December 1932. Includes a note from Tex Rankin on the inside cover that certifies that this book replaced one lost on or around February 20, 1932.

[Carol Nicholson with Stearman PT-17 Kaydet] (Item)

Photograph of WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) servicewoman Carol Nicholson climbing into the cockpit of a Stearman PT-17 Kaydet (Model A75N1) aircraft, circa 1943-1945.

[Carol Nicholson sitting on wing of Stearman PT-17 Kaydet] (Item)

Photograph of Carol Nicholson sitting on the wing of a Stearman PT-17 Kaydet (Model A75N1) aircraft (fuselage designation U39), circa 1943-1945. An unidentified person sits in the plane's rear cockpit.Inscription on verso: "Too Carol Nicholson."

[Carol Nicholson Lewis sitting on wing of Stearman PT-17 Kaydet] (Item)

Photograph of Carol (Nicholson) Lewis sitting on the wing of a Stearman PT-17 Kaydet (Model A75N1) aircraft (fuselage designation U39), circa 1943-1945. An unidentified person sits in the plane's rear cockpit.

[Carol Nicholson and unidentified WASP in Stearman PT-17 Kaydet] (Item)

Photograph of Carol Nicholson (right) and an unidentified WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) servicewoman in the cockpits of a Stearman PT-17 Kaydet (Model A75N1) aircraft (nose designation U78), circa 1943-1945. Inscription on verso: "Now that's silly!"

[WASP servicewoman assisting Carol Nicholson into cockpit of Stearman PT-17 Kaydet] (Item)

Photograph of an unidentified WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) servicewoman assisting Carol Nicholson into the cockpit of a Stearman PT-17 Kaydet (Model A75N1) aircraft, circa 1943-1945Inscription on verso: "S'a tough squeeze. What I need is a shoe horn."

[WASP servicewoman watching Stearman PT-17 Kaydet] (Item)

Photograph of an unidentified WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) servicewoman watching a Stearman PT-17 Kaydet (Model A75N1) aircraft taxi through a dust storm, circa 1943-1945.Inscription on verso: "This is a dust storm at the main field. It gets so thick that you can't see 2 ft. in front of you. Actually!"

[Carol Nicholson with Stearman PT-17 Kaydet] (Item)

Photograph of WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) servicewoman Carol Nicholson standing next to a Stearman PT-17 Kaydet (Model A75N1) aircraft, circa 1943-1945.

[Boleslaw Orlinski, Dorothy Hester, and Ernst Udet] (Item)

Photograph of (from left to right) Boleslaw Orlinski, Dorothy Hester, and Ernst Udet posing with Hester's Great Lakes (1929) Model 2T-1A aircraft (tail number NC 315Y) at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931.Caption on adjacent album page: "Captain Boleslaw Orlinski, Dorothy Hester and Major Ernst Udet representing three countries, executed three distinct types of flying and were…