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Nancy Batson Crews : Alabama's first lady of flight / Sarah Byrn Rickman ; foreword by Jane Kirkpatrick.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rickman, Sarah Byrn.
- Series:
- Fire ant books.
- Fire ant books
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women air pilots--United States--Biography.
- Women air pilots.
- Air pilots--United States--Biography.
- Air pilots.
- World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Birmingham (Ala.)--Biography.
- Birmingham (Ala.).
- Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (U.S.)--Biography.
- Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (U.S.).
- Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)--Biography.
- Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.).
- Crews, Nancy Batson, 1920-2001.
- Crews, Nancy Batson.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (231 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A riveting oral history/biography of a pioneering woman aviator.
- Contents:
- Boys, I've brought you a real lemon
- Daughter of Alabama
- Flight!
- The WAFS
- The best of all jobs
- Women in pursuit
- The question of militarization
- The best and worst of times
- Beyond the war: life goes on
- The pain of change
- Gliding: better than sex!
- Paul and the WASP
- Passing the torch: Radford learns to fly
- California City
- Lake Country estates
- Enhancing the legacy
- Nancy and the planes she ferried
- The reunion
- From Cub to King Air
- Pneumonia, or something worse?
- Terminal
- Alabama Women's Hall of Fame
- Redemption
- Paul Jr.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-202) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0-8173-8293-3
- OCLC:
- 818115612
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