August 24, 2007

Girl Is Airport Jack-of-All-Trades (Nov, 1937)

Filed under: Aviation, Sign of the Times — @ 12:30 am
Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Nov, 1937
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Girl Is Airport Jack-of-All-Trades

Said to be the only woman airport operator in the East, Rosa Laird, a twenty-one-year-old girl, handles several jobs at once at the Du Pont Airport at Wilmington, Del. She takes her turn at greasing planes, radio dispatching, running a refreshment stand, and recording weather forecasts.

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