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Wall of Honor Level: Air and Space Friend
Honored by:
Ms. Cynthia Florsheim
* Graduate of Roosevelt Field Flying School in 1930. * First Jewish woman pilot licensed in the United States. * One of six pilots vying for a chance to be the first to fly from Honolulu to the West Coast in 1931. * Member of Queens Birdmen N.Y. Aerial Police. * Friend of Amelia Earhart. * Participated in first All Women's Air Meet in Dayton, Ohio in 1934.
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