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A Tale of Two Stinsons: Katherine, Katharine, and the Early Days of Women’s Aviation
Two Stinsons. One named Katherine, the other named Katharine. Both pioneers in aviation, Katherine as a world-famous aviator, Katharine as an internationally respected aviation engineer, their legacies forever fated to be mingled and conflated with each other. Katherine Stinson (1891-1977), otherwise known as “The Flying Schoolgirl” or “The Queen of the Air”, is, of the two, the individual who has lived most fixedly in our memory. This is virtually unavoidable, because every
Dale DeBakcsy
Jun 2
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