Difference between revisions of "Grumman Women Test Pilots"
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Three of the Grumman wartime production test pilots were: Barbara Kibbee Jayne, Cecile "Teddy" Kenyon, and Elizabeth Hooker. During the war they would fly parts and people into Bethpage, that was known as the "milk runs". They were soon put on the Grumman payroll, as Production Test Pilots. They flew TBF Avengers, Wildcats and later Hellcats straight from the production line. | Three of the Grumman wartime production test pilots were: Barbara Kibbee Jayne, Cecile "Teddy" Kenyon, and Elizabeth Hooker. During the war they would fly parts and people into Bethpage, that was known as the "milk runs". They were soon put on the Grumman payroll, as Production Test Pilots. They flew TBF Avengers, Wildcats and later Hellcats straight from the production line. | ||
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| + | Barbara Jayne Tested fighter planes for the Navy. She taught flying at Aviation Country Club in Hicksville - famous fliers such as Charles Lindberg taught his wife to fly there. | ||
Latest revision as of 16:03, 3 August 2015
Three of the Grumman wartime production test pilots were: Barbara Kibbee Jayne, Cecile "Teddy" Kenyon, and Elizabeth Hooker. During the war they would fly parts and people into Bethpage, that was known as the "milk runs". They were soon put on the Grumman payroll, as Production Test Pilots. They flew TBF Avengers, Wildcats and later Hellcats straight from the production line.
Barbara Jayne Tested fighter planes for the Navy. She taught flying at Aviation Country Club in Hicksville - famous fliers such as Charles Lindberg taught his wife to fly there.
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