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post-1964 travels of,
121
–
28

poverty of,
76
,
129
,
131
,
132
,
133
,
182
n

presidential campaigns of (1932 and 1936),
74
–76,
100
–101,
168
n,
174
n

resignation of,
117

retirement in Mississippi of,
119

The Silent Majority Speaks Out
,
125
–28

states' rights,
118
,
122
,
129

stunts for movies of,
9
,
10
,
16
,
20
,
21
,
22
–23,
150
n,
152
n

stunts in Memphis of,
29
,
66
,
156
n

Tennessee Aviation Act (1937),
101
,
104

Tennessee Aviation Hall of Fame,
138

Tennessee Civil Pilot Training Program (TCPTP),
101
,
104
–5

Omlie, Vernon Cleophas: barnstorming of,
13
–23

death of,
97
–98

early aviation career,
12

flying with Faulkners,
90
–93

marriage to Phoebe,
12
,
22
,
34
,
44
,
72
–73,
90
,
96
,
98
,
173
n

Mid-South Airways,
30
,
34
,
46
,
67

military career of,
12
,
150
n

Omlie Tower,
135
–37,
139
–40

Overton, Watkins,
35
–36,
158
n

Paris, Neva,
58
,
162
n,
164
n

Peabody Hotel,
30
,
35
,
90

Perkins, Frances,
76
–77,
95

Perry, Margaret,
57
,
162
n,
164
n

Pidgeon, Patrick,
140

Pro America,
129

Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO), strike (1982),
137

Putnam, G. P.,
50

Pylon
,
91
–92

Rasche, Thea,
48
,
49
,
54
,
55
,
58
,
59
,
162
n,
164
n

Ratcliffe, Jeanira,
131
–32

Rawson, Barney,
69

Reagan, President Ronald,
136
–37

Rentzel, Delos W.,
116

Rex, Janette,
115

Richey, Helen,
87
–88,
99
–100,
174
n

Rickenbacker, Eddie V.,
72

Roark, Eldon,
121
,
134

Roche, Josephine,
89
,
95

Rogers, Will,
40
,
51

Roosevelt, Eleanor: assisting Phoebe,
77
–78,
89
,
101
–3,
105
–7,
142

campaign (1932),
74
–76

Roosevelt, Elliot,
75
,
77
,
78

Roosevelt, Franklin D.: assisting Phoebe,
77
–78,
105
,
106

campaign (1932),
74
–76

campaign (1936),
96
,
99
–100

supporting aviation,
81
,
101
,
104

Roper, Daniel C.,
77
–78

Rowland, Earl,
69

Sasser, Senator James,
136

Scharlau, Gene Slack,
142

Seymour, Joseph,
26
–27

Simon, Rene,
26

Smith, Elinor,
50

Social Security,
126
,
133
,
143

Stewart, Ruth,
69

Stinson, Eddie,
40
–41

Stinson, Estelle (Mrs. Eddie),
40
–42

Tait, Maude,
72

Taxpayer's Lobby,
129

Taylor, Swanee,
115

Tennessee Aeronautics Commission,
36
,
101
,
104

Tennessee Aviation Act (1937),
101
,
104

Tennessee Bureau of Aeronautics,
104
,
109
,
112
,
113

Tennessee Civilian Pilot Training Program (TCPTP),
101
,
104

Thaden, Louise,
48
,
49
,
50

air-marking program,
94
,
100

air racing of,
52
,
54
,
55
,
58
–59,
99
,
162
n,
164
n

friend of Phoebe,
121
,
125
,
127
,
129
,
130
,
133
,
144

Ninety-Nines,
61
–62

records of,
45
,
47
,
50
,
162
n

Transcontinental Air Transport (TAT),
66
–67,
166
n

Transcontinental Handicap Sweepstakes Air Derby (1931)
67
–70

Trout, Bobbi,
53
,
58
,
59
,
127
,
162
n,
164
n

Townley, Arther C., and the Non-Partisan League,
12
,
14
,
150
n

Udet, Major Ernst,
71
–72

Velie, Willard L.,
37
,
73

Vidal, Eugene L.,
78
,
81
–82,
84
–86,
98
,
103

Vidal, Gore,
86

Voelter, Karl,
127

Von Mach, Mary,
50
,
53
,
162
n,
164
n

Waco airplanes,
30
,
31
,
34
,
44
,
67
,
90
,
91
,
92
,
156
n

Walker, Vera Dawn,
64
,
162
n,
164
n

Wallace, George,
129

Wanamaker, Walter,
71

Warren, D. C.,
73

Webb, Pat Thaden,
121
,
144

Weick, Fred E.,
83
–84,
171
n

Wendell, Philip,
127

Westover, General Oscar,
89

White, Sue Shelton,
75
–76

Whitehead, Dr. Roy E.,
90

Willard, Charles,
26

Williams, Al,
71

Wilson, Woodrow,
5
,
7

Women's Air Reserve (WAR),
77
,
88
–89,
169
n

Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs),
109
,
112
,
113

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC),
108

Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS),
108

World War I,
5
,
7
,
12
,
28
,
29
,
71
–72,
90

World War II,
104
–14

Wright, Theodore P.,
114
–15

Wright brothers,
25

Zimmerling, Barney,
45
,
47

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