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D33655-2
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- 1948-06-01 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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Nancy Savidge, former Navy WAVE who served during World War II, is the first woman training under the GI Bill flight program at Ben Barry's Sky Harbor. Nancy will be flying a "Lucky Piper Cub" plane, and will be the first woman at the flight school to obtain a private pilot rating. Barry's Sky Harbor is reported to be the oldest flight school near Tacoma, it was established in 1937. There are 20 students currently enrolled at the school in the government approved program. The school is located on Highway 99, near the Puyallup River Bridge. (T. Times, 6/3/48, p. 4).
Airplanes--Tacoma; Airports--Tacoma; Airplane wings; Flight training--Tacoma; Aeronautics--Tacoma; Barry's Sky Harbor (Tacoma); Savidge, Nancy;