 |  | | Laura Smith (left) and Jenny Beatty co-founded Professional Pilot Leadership Initiative. Smith, the program leader, is a pilot for Southwest Airlines. Beatty, an adviser to the PPLI, flies for American Airlines. | |
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| The Ninety-Nines Professional Pilot Leadership Initiative provides highly motivated Ninety-Nines members with tools to further develop their careers and leadership abilities. One aim of the international program is to help women increase the community of fellow pilots by sharing the skills learned in the PPLI with others who follow. |
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 | | | This F7F-3N Tigercat is one of the Planes of Fame aircraft awaiting restoration. A cursory inspection of the aircraft shows that there is much to be done before it will fly again. | |
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| Air show crowds love to see sleek P-51s and other fighters and bombers from World War II making low passes. The sight of these planes in the air is something to behold. Then there's the sound. When these living memories from the past start up, even the smell of oil and spent avgas is a rich fragrance to warbird buffs. |
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