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Indianapolis Municipal Airport. And there were Betty Coll? I believe there were just 3 gals and I believe there were just 30 in class. That would mean the other 27 were men. You did not have to be a senior, all you had to do was be 18, [[crossed-out]] you had to [[/crossed-out]] pass your physical, and pay 40 dollars. [[crossed-out]] and then [[/crossed-out]] of course we had ground school as well as flight [[crossed-out]] school [[/crossed-out]] training. We [[crossed-out]] and [[/crossed-out]] had the Taylor craft which was little different, a lot of the other people who took early flight training were doing it in the Cubs, the Piper Cubs. 
[[?]] The Taylor craft, [[crossed-out]] was [[/crossed-out]] (you the instructor were seated) a side by side as opposed to tandem

D AND [[crossed-out]] SO YOU STARTED [[/crossed-out]] THIS WAS IN [[crossed-out]] WHICH YEAR [[/crossed-out]] 1941?

F Yes, 1941

D [[crossed-out]] AND THEN [[/crossed-out]] AFTER YOU FINISHED THIS PROGRAM   WAS THIS ALSO WHEN YOU [[crossed-out]] ALSO [[/crossed-out]] GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE?

Yes, That was it, so then I went back to Detroit. [[crossed-out]] and [[/crossed-out]] My parents were very much against my flying, but they had allowed me to [[crossed-out]] do [[/crossed-out]] take this training

D WHY DO YOU THINK THIS WAS SO?

They were afraid. In the first place, I did not pass the flight test, that's why I never did get the license. So they were sure I was not capable. And it was just dangerous. Of course, I had lost a lot of confidence in myself in not being able to do it so I went along with [[crossed-out]] it [[/crossed-out]] my parents and [[crossed-out]] I [[/crossed-out]] got a good job.

D DOING WHAT?

[[crossed-out]] I'll tell you, [[/crossed-out]] first I started out doing legal secretary work in Detroit and then, since I [[crossed-out]] had gone [[/crossed-out]] [[keep?]] to Stephens College, I [[crossed-out]] and [[/crossed-out]] went down there as a representative of our local club. [[crossed-out]] and [[/crossed-out]] They needed some one in PR department, so I had a marvelous job in public relations at Stephens College

D WASN'T STEPHENS COLLEGE WAS DOING SOME VERY INTERESTING [[crossed-out]] MATERIALS [[/crossed-out]] PROGRAMS IN AVIATION AT THIS TIME?

F They [[crossed-out]] did [[/crossed-out]] were.

WHAT CAN YOU TELL ABOUT THAT?

I tell you who I wish was still alive is Margaret Wakefield, she was the one who told me that this thing was going on and for me to get