Nichols, Ruth, 1901-1960
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1901 - 1960
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Biographical Information Files - N
Sub-Group
Scope and Contents
Individuals whose names begin with N: Nance, John [Pilot and aviation writer] "Aviation Expert Culls Material for His Novel, 'Scorpion Strike,' from Persian Gulf Experience," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 7, 1992 Navarre, Jean [French WWI ace] "The Mad Ace of Verdun," Air Classic, undated Nazir, Phiroze...
Dates:
20th Century
Dorothy (Hester) Stenzel Collection
Collection
Identifier: 1992-09-26
Abstract
Dorothy (Hester) Stenzel (1910-1991) was born in Ardenwald, Oregon and learned to fly in the late 1920s. Stenzel then gained fame for stunt flying and broke several records through the mid-1930s. The collection contains seven (7) scrapbooks and assorted textual materials and photographs that document Stenzel's career as one of the first female stunt pilots.
Dates:
circa 1928-1991
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
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- Archival Record 1
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- Aids to air navigation 1
- Barnstorming 1
- Cleveland (Ohio) 1
- Granville Gee Bee 1
- Great Lakes (1929) Model 2T-1A 1
- Northwest, Pacific 1
- Omaha (Neb.) 1
- Oregon 1
- Portland (Or.) 1
- Stunt flying 1
- Women air pilots 1
- Women in aeronautics 1
- clippings (information artifacts) 1
- correspondence 1
- drawings (visual works) 1
- logs (records) 1
- maps (documents) 1
- photographic prints 1
- printed ephemera 1
- scrapbooks 1 + ∧ less
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