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Mrs. Carl Rufus and her Cub 65 Plane, October 1938 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Mrs. Carl Rufus and her Cub 65 Plane, October 1938 image
Year:
1938
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, May 3, 1961
Caption:
Women's place is in the--well, now, just where is it?

Laura Brunton - Aviatrix, July 1935 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Laura Brunton - Aviatrix, July 1935 image
Year:
1935
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, July 26, 1935
Caption:
Favorite in Air Race Sunday: Mrs. F. K. Brunton (above), the first woman to solo at the Ann Arbor municipal airport, is a favorite to win the women's air race Sunday at the American Legion air show at the local field on South State St. road. Mrs. Brunton is shown holding Flipper, her mascot.

Dexa Coryell Preparing for the Air Circus, August 1937 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Dexa Coryell Preparing for the Air Circus, August 1937 image
Year:
1937
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 2, 1937
Caption:
MAKES FIRST PARACHUTE JUMP: Miss Dexa Coryell, 1336 Geddes Ave., gave the crowd at the Ann Arbor air circus yesterday a thrill when she unintentionally delayed the opening of her parachute after leaping from a plane over the field on S. State Street Rd. Miss Coryell, who is shown here in her flying clothes, was making her first jump. She landed in a field near the airport.

Carl Rufus Greets His Wife Maude On Her Arrival Home - June 18, 1941 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Carl Rufus Greets His Wife Maude On Her Arrival Home - June 18, 1941 image
Year:
1941
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, January 1, 1942
Caption:
FLYING GRANDMOTHER ENDS LONG TRIP: Mrs. W. Carl Rufus, Ann Arbor's "flying grandmother," demonstrated in 1941 that a person is only as old as he or she feels. At the age of 60, Mrs. Rufus piloted her own plane on a leisurely solo flight to the West Coast and return. Her husband, Prof. Rufus, is shown greeting her on her arrival home June 18.