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Pioneering Women in Iowa Flight History 1930s
The article highlights Ellen Church, Neta Snook, and Ann Pellegreno as foundational Iowa aviation figures. Church became the first airline flight attendant in 1930, Snook taught Earhart and trained pilots, and Pellegreno later led a commemorative World Flight replica. All three are Iowa Aviation Hall of Fame inductees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boeing Air Transport
Midwest Airways
Yellow Cab Airways
Braniff Airlines
Iowa
Mary Solbrig
Oscar
Davenport
Neta Snook
Ames
Amelia Earhart
Ellen Church
Cresco
Church
San Francisco
United Airlines
Steve Stimpson
Army Nurse Corps
Union Hospital
Terre Haute
Ind
Iowa State College
Los Angeles
Bert Kinner
Bill Southern
Snook
Amelia
Earhart
Ann Holtgren Pellegreno
Chicago
Story City
Pellegreno
Towa
Iowa Aeronautics Commission
Iowa Department of Transportation
Ing
Howland Island
Iowa Aviation Hall
Boeing
Calif
Margaret Arnott
Inez Keller
Cornelia Peterman
Harriet Iden
Jessie Carter
Ella Crawford
Alva Johnson
Kinner Field