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Letter and photograph related to Betty Skelton.
Identifier
NASM.2024.0017
Date
1946
2004
Provenance
Charles "Chuck" Allen, Gift, 2024, NASM.2024.0017
Extent
.1 Cubic feet (1 folder)
Archival Repository
National Air and Space Museum Archives
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of one typed letter to Betty Skelton from Chuck Allen and one 8 by 10 inch brown toned photograph. In the letter, Allen recounts the last time he saw Skelton. At that time in 1946, a group of people had a day excursion from her father's flying school to Longboat Key just off Sarasota, Florida; on the return trip, Allen flew with Skelton in the back performing aerial rolls not knowing she didn't buckle her seat belt until mid-flight. The photograph is an oblique, low-altitude aerial view of a small group of people in swimwear near seven monoplanes and one biplane all on the ground along coast line between sand and long grass. It is likely that the photograph depicts the story in the letter.
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Rights
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Restrictions
No restrictions on access
Citation
Betty Skelton Photograph and Letter [Allen], NASM.2024.0017, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Topics
Aeronautics
Women air pilots
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographs
Correspondence