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WASP Buys HerselfA P-38 Lightningerilt;I]inllUUllv uiiun Qa{~ represents his best rou interests.' jjuancbac deaby- - Dr* LONG BEACH, Calif.,Feb. 15 (U.R)—Pretty, slim Nadine Ramsey wow was the only girl in the world to- r®P day to own a P-38—one of the * *twin-engined, twin-tailed, single- ,«I« seater fighter planes that were * the curse of the German luft-waffe ren[ Ramsey, a former WASP ferry pilot, is just the girlwho can fly it. . _ ,She proved that yesterday after Du' buying the plane from an Aimy Vjj* Surplus stockpile in Kingman, | **£1 Ariz., and flying it here. |“T h e officers at Kingman , 1,1 thought I was crazy to buy thisl,a| plane, she said, stepping out of L the cockpit and shaking her curly }° 1 hair. le*dreamed of. I®ntI flew P-38’s during the war and I I’ve always wanted one. But this I model cost something like $165,000 , then. I In“I paid $1250 for it as surplus | sproperty, and they left all thel »;equipment in it — including a I .«.* CHF radio set. |0f jShe said she would use thel juhplane purely for pleasure. I yeg
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Lubbock Morning Avalanche
Lubbock, Texas, US
Sat, Feb 16, 1946
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