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- Flight Instructors Glenn Brown, Barbara Kibbee, and Juan Basella, Civilian Pilot Training Program, July 13, 1939 - As the world descended toward war in the late 1930s, the United States government recognized a vital need for trained aviators. It established the Civilian Pilot Training Program in 1938. Ostensibly a peacetime initiative, CPTP in fact produced flyers ready for overseas combat or stateside support missions. Pilot Barbara Kibbee was the program's first female instructor.
- July 13, 1939
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Flight Instructors Glenn Brown, Barbara Kibbee, and Juan Basella, Civilian Pilot Training Program, July 13, 1939
As the world descended toward war in the late 1930s, the United States government recognized a vital need for trained aviators. It established the Civilian Pilot Training Program in 1938. Ostensibly a peacetime initiative, CPTP in fact produced flyers ready for overseas combat or stateside support missions. Pilot Barbara Kibbee was the program's first female instructor.
- Flight Instructor Barbara Kibbee, Civilian Pilot Training Program, November 21, 1939 - Barbara Kibbee started flying in 1937, earned a commercial rating, and took a job as a check pilot for the Ryan Aeronautical Company of San Diego. As the looming war created a need for trained flyers, Kibbee joined the Civilian Pilot Training Program as an instructor based at New York's Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She was the program's first female instructor.
- November 21, 1939
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Flight Instructor Barbara Kibbee, Civilian Pilot Training Program, November 21, 1939
Barbara Kibbee started flying in 1937, earned a commercial rating, and took a job as a check pilot for the Ryan Aeronautical Company of San Diego. As the looming war created a need for trained flyers, Kibbee joined the Civilian Pilot Training Program as an instructor based at New York's Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She was the program's first female instructor.
- Flight Instructor Barbara Kibbee, Civilian Pilot Training Program, November 21, 1939 - Barbara Kibbee started flying in 1937, earned a commercial rating, and took a job as a check pilot for the Ryan Aeronautical Company of San Diego. As the looming war created a need for trained flyers, Kibbee joined the Civilian Pilot Training Program as an instructor based at New York's Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She was the program's first female instructor.
- November 21, 1939
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Flight Instructor Barbara Kibbee, Civilian Pilot Training Program, November 21, 1939
Barbara Kibbee started flying in 1937, earned a commercial rating, and took a job as a check pilot for the Ryan Aeronautical Company of San Diego. As the looming war created a need for trained flyers, Kibbee joined the Civilian Pilot Training Program as an instructor based at New York's Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She was the program's first female instructor.
- Paula Lind in Link Trainer Flight Simulator, Willow Run Bomber Plant, May 1943 - Paula Lind earned her pilot's license in 1930 and joined the staff of the Casey Jones School of Aeronautics in New Jersey. There she tested and helped refine early versions of the Link Flight Trainer, which simulated instrument-only flying conditions for pilot instruction. Later during World War II, Lind operated the Link Flight Trainer at Ford's Willow Run bomber plant.
- May 10, 1943
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Paula Lind in Link Trainer Flight Simulator, Willow Run Bomber Plant, May 1943
Paula Lind earned her pilot's license in 1930 and joined the staff of the Casey Jones School of Aeronautics in New Jersey. There she tested and helped refine early versions of the Link Flight Trainer, which simulated instrument-only flying conditions for pilot instruction. Later during World War II, Lind operated the Link Flight Trainer at Ford's Willow Run bomber plant.
- Flight Instructor Barbara Kibbee, Civilian Pilot Training Program, November 21, 1939 - Barbara Kibbee started flying in 1937, earned a commercial rating, and took a job as a check pilot for the Ryan Aeronautical Company of San Diego. As the looming war created a need for trained flyers, Kibbee joined the Civilian Pilot Training Program as an instructor based at New York's Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She was the program's first female instructor.
- November 21, 1939
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Flight Instructor Barbara Kibbee, Civilian Pilot Training Program, November 21, 1939
Barbara Kibbee started flying in 1937, earned a commercial rating, and took a job as a check pilot for the Ryan Aeronautical Company of San Diego. As the looming war created a need for trained flyers, Kibbee joined the Civilian Pilot Training Program as an instructor based at New York's Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She was the program's first female instructor.
- Flight Instructor Barbara Kibbee, Civilian Pilot Training Program, November 21, 1939 - Barbara Kibbee started flying in 1937, earned a commercial rating, and took a job as a check pilot for the Ryan Aeronautical Company of San Diego. As the looming war created a need for trained flyers, Kibbee joined the Civilian Pilot Training Program as an instructor based at New York's Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She was the program's first female instructor.
- November 21, 1939
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Flight Instructor Barbara Kibbee, Civilian Pilot Training Program, November 21, 1939
Barbara Kibbee started flying in 1937, earned a commercial rating, and took a job as a check pilot for the Ryan Aeronautical Company of San Diego. As the looming war created a need for trained flyers, Kibbee joined the Civilian Pilot Training Program as an instructor based at New York's Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She was the program's first female instructor.
- Flight Instructor Barbara Kibbee, Civilian Pilot Training Program, November 21, 1939 - Barbara Kibbee started flying in 1937, earned a commercial rating, and took a job as a check pilot for the Ryan Aeronautical Company of San Diego. As the looming war created a need for trained flyers, Kibbee joined the Civilian Pilot Training Program as an instructor based at New York's Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She was the program's first female instructor.
- November 21, 1939
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Flight Instructor Barbara Kibbee, Civilian Pilot Training Program, November 21, 1939
Barbara Kibbee started flying in 1937, earned a commercial rating, and took a job as a check pilot for the Ryan Aeronautical Company of San Diego. As the looming war created a need for trained flyers, Kibbee joined the Civilian Pilot Training Program as an instructor based at New York's Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She was the program's first female instructor.
- Flight Instructor Barbara Kibbee, Civilian Pilot Training Program, November 21, 1939 - Barbara Kibbee started flying in 1937, earned a commercial rating, and took a job as a check pilot for the Ryan Aeronautical Company of San Diego. As the looming war created a need for trained flyers, Kibbee joined the Civilian Pilot Training Program as an instructor based at New York's Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She was the program's first female instructor.
- November 21, 1939
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Flight Instructor Barbara Kibbee, Civilian Pilot Training Program, November 21, 1939
Barbara Kibbee started flying in 1937, earned a commercial rating, and took a job as a check pilot for the Ryan Aeronautical Company of San Diego. As the looming war created a need for trained flyers, Kibbee joined the Civilian Pilot Training Program as an instructor based at New York's Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She was the program's first female instructor.
- Flight Instructor Barbara Kibbee, Civilian Pilot Training Program, November 21, 1939 - Barbara Kibbee started flying in 1937, earned a commercial rating, and took a job as a check pilot for the Ryan Aeronautical Company of San Diego. As the looming war created a need for trained flyers, Kibbee joined the Civilian Pilot Training Program as an instructor based at New York's Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She was the program's first female instructor.
- November 21, 1939
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Flight Instructor Barbara Kibbee, Civilian Pilot Training Program, November 21, 1939
Barbara Kibbee started flying in 1937, earned a commercial rating, and took a job as a check pilot for the Ryan Aeronautical Company of San Diego. As the looming war created a need for trained flyers, Kibbee joined the Civilian Pilot Training Program as an instructor based at New York's Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She was the program's first female instructor.
- Flight Instructor Barbara Kibbee, Civilian Pilot Training Program, November 21, 1939 - Barbara Kibbee started flying in 1937, earned a commercial rating, and took a job as a check pilot for the Ryan Aeronautical Company of San Diego. As the looming war created a need for trained flyers, Kibbee joined the Civilian Pilot Training Program as an instructor based at New York's Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She was the program's first female instructor.
- November 21, 1939
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Flight Instructor Barbara Kibbee, Civilian Pilot Training Program, November 21, 1939
Barbara Kibbee started flying in 1937, earned a commercial rating, and took a job as a check pilot for the Ryan Aeronautical Company of San Diego. As the looming war created a need for trained flyers, Kibbee joined the Civilian Pilot Training Program as an instructor based at New York's Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She was the program's first female instructor.