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There they met Glenn Curtiss himself, who still didn't like the idea of women flying!

Very shortly after instruction got underway in Miami, the U.S. Government ordered all civilian flying to cease for the duration of the war. Neta went back to Davenport, without having soloed, and so with no license.

Apparently, however, she was not unknown, because she was hired by the British Air Ministry in July 1918. She was their representative in Canada and the U.S. for speeding up deliveries of planes, parts, and engines which couldn't be manufactured in England because of the war. Neta took a firm stand with the various companies, insisting that the British equipment should have priority because they were holding off the enemy while the U.S. was building an Air Corps.