Walking on Air: The Aerial Adventures of Phoebe Omlie

Index

- 192 Index Air Commerce Act (1926), 32, 80, 81 Airline Pilots’ Association, 88 Air-marking program, 93–95, 101, 173n, 174n Air-mindedness, 24–25, 36, 44, 48, 81 Airplane Owners and Pilots Association, 116 Akin, Stella, 100, 176n Alliance for Progress, 120, 126 American Conservative Union, 129 American Party, 129 Armstrong Field, 29, 33, 35 Audemars, Edmond, 26 Bachman, Senator Nathan, 77 Baker, Senator Howard, 136 Barnes, Florence “Pancho”: air racing of, 54, 56–57, 70, 162n, 164n; friend of Phoebe, 127, 131, 165n; Women’s Air Reserve (WAR), 77, 88–89, 169n Barrier, Rene, 26–27 Beard, Rep. Robin, 136 Bendix Trophy Race, 95–96, 99 Bennett, Floyd, 29–30 Blair, Emily Newell, 75 Bleriot, Louis, 25, 26, 154n Bowman, Martie, 64, 65, 72 Branch, Harlee, 106–7 Buffington, H. Glenn, 123–25, 128, 130, 144 Carraway, Senator Hattie, 89 Central Airlines, 87–88 Central States Aero Company, 36–37 Cessna, Eldon, 69, 70 Chicago and Southern Air Lines, 98, 175n Civil Aeronautics Act (1938), 104 Civil Rights Act (1964), 123 Cold War, 115–16 Commerce, Department of Aeronautic Branch of, 32, 77–80, 83, 170n; Air Safety Board, 105–7, 177n; Bureau of Air Commerce, 32, 49, 170n; Civil Aeronautics Authority, 104, 105–9, 112–17; Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA), 106, 107, 109, 112–17; Civilian Pilot Training Program (CPTP), 104–5, 108, 120, 177n; Ground Servicemen’s Training Program, 107–8, 120; low-cost airplane development, 81–86; menstruation issue, 88–90, 172n; tricycle landing gear, 84–86, 171n; War Training Service (WTS), 105, 108, 114 Communism and anticommunism, 116, 118–19, 123, 125–27, 129 Cone, Carroll, 88, 90 Congress for Freedom, 130 Coolidge, President Calvin, 30, 35 - 193 Index Cord Cabriolet automobile, 68, 72–73, 167n Cotham, Lisa, 144–45 Crosson, Marvel, 50, 51, 55, 56, 162n, 163n, 164n Crump, E. H., 30, 35, 77, 96 Curtiss, Glenn H., 25–26 Curtiss, Lena (Mrs. Glenn H.), 26 Curtiss Northwest Company, 8, 10, 12, 16 Curtiss planes: Flying Boat, 8; Headless Pusher, 6, 25–26; JN4D biplane (Jenny), 8, 9, 13, 36, 148n; Oriole, 12, 14, 18 Curtiss-Wright Corporation, 45–46, 66 Davis, Rep. Clifford, 120 Democratic Party, 74, 75, 76, 78, 96, 118, 142 Dewson, Mary W. “Molly,” 75–78, 101–3, 105–6, 142 Dirksen, Senator Everett, 122 Dixie Derby (1930), 64–66 Doolittle, Jimmy, 95, 127 Earhart, Amelia, 3, 66, 77–78, 79, 121, 143; air marking, 93; air racing of, 48, 50, 53, 54, 56, 58, 59, 95, 99–100, 162n, 164n; last flight of, 103; Ninety-Nines, 61–62 Education: segregation of, 122–23, 126, 130; state control of, 120–23, 125–28 Eisenhower, Dwight, 118–19 Elder, Ruth, 50, 53, 59, 162n, 164n Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) (1965), 122–23 Engle, Lavinia, 75, 77 Equal Rights Amendment, 129 Fahy, Claire, 54, 55, 162n, 164n Fain, Sarah Lee, 75–76, 168n Fairgrave, Andrew E., 4, 10, 15, 147n, 183n Fairgrave, Madge Traister, 4, 10, 15 Fairgrave, Paul, 4–5; barnstorming of, 10, 15, 21–22; split with Phoebe, 132, 151n, 183n Falkner, Maud, 99 Farley, James, 77 Faulkner, Dean, 90, 92–93 Faulkner, John, 99, 175n Faulkner, Louise Hale, 91 Faulkner, William, 90, 93, 98; Flying Faulkners, 91, 92; Pylon, 91–92; “William Faulkner’s (Famous Author) Air Circus,” 91 Federal Airways System, 80, 170n Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), 135, 137 Folkerts, Clayton, 36 Foltz, Edith, 56, 58, 162n, 164n Ford, Edsel, 43 Ford, Rep. Harold, 136 Ford Reliability Air Tour, 33, 38–44, 49, 157n Fox, Col. Herbert, 113 Fox Motion Picture Company, 9, 10, 20, 150n Frisbee, John J., 26 Garros, Roland, 26, 154n Gore, Senator Thomas P., 78 Graf Zeppelin, 49, 74, 162n Guggenheim Fund, 29–30, 156n Haizlip, Mary, 52, 53, 54, 58, 72, 164n Hamilton, Charles K., 26 Hammond Aircraft, 86 Hardin, Charles, 9, 10, 14, 15; Lifepack parachute of, 9, 149n Hardin, Kathryn, 10 Harkness, Nancy, 94 Hartley-Frazier, Della May, 131–33, 145 Heath, Lady Mary, 60 Henderson, Cliff, 99, 127 Hinckley, Robert H., 105, 106–7, 109 Hoover, Herbert, 30, 63–64 Hopkins, Nancy, 64 Ingalls, Laura, 64, 65, 99 John Birch Society, 129 Jones, Rep. Ed, 136 Jones, Jesse, 107 Jones, Willie “Suicide,” 91 Kacarides, James T., 134–37 Keith-Miller, Jessie “Chubby,” 49, 53, 56–58, 60, 162n, 164n Kittridge, Dr. Emma, 88–89 Kunz, Opal, 50, 53, 162n, 164n La Rene, Jean, 70 Langdon, Charity, 64 Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, 79, 81, 83–85...