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[1991]
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Profiles four female aviators: Jackie Cochran, Sheila Scott, Jerrie Cobb, and Bonnie Tiburzi. Also describes the Ninety-Nines association of female pilots, and the record-setting flights of Amelia Earhart, Beryl Markham, and other female aviation pioneers.
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In the early years of World War II, Josef Stalin issued an order that made the Soviet Union the first country in the world to allow female pilots to fly in combat. Led by Marina Raskova, these three regiments, including the 588th Night Bomber Regiment--nicknamed the "night witches"--faced intense pressure and obstacles both in the sky and on the ground. Some of these young women perished in flames. Many of them were in their teens when they went to...
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Featuring an Introduction by Anne Morrow Lindbergh, this book, a recipient of the Grand Prix of the Academie Francaise, offers an exciting account of air adventure combined with Saint-Exupery's compelling prose and philosophy.
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Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
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May, 2006
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English
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Following a fatal aviation accident, specimens from deceased pilots are collected by local pathologists and sent to the Bioaeronautical Sciences Research Laboratory for toxicological analysis, to identify all pilots found positive for medications used to treat cardiovascular, psychological, or neurological conditions.