Florence Parlett: Difference between revisions
Markhild-mym (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
Markhild-mym (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
||
(6 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) | |||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
[[File:20220819-006.jpg|thumb|alt=Florence Parlett at Lee Airport, photo courtesy of the Kuethe Library.|Florence Parlett at Lee Airport, photo courtesy of the Kuethe Library.]] |
[[File:NEG05-20220819-006.jpg|thumb|alt=Florence Parlett at Lee Airport, photo courtesy of the Kuethe Library.|Florence Parlett at Lee Airport, photo courtesy of the Kuethe Library.]] |
||
[[File:20220819- |
[[File:NEG09-20220819-023a.jpg|thumb|alt=Florence Parlett teaching a man how to fly, photo courtesy of the Kuethe Library.|Florence Parlett teaching a man how to fly, photo courtesy of the Kuethe Library.]] |
||
Florence Parlett was a manager of Lee Airport who was a major force behind its development. |
Florence Parlett was a manager of [[Lee Airport]] who was a major force behind its development. |
||
==Tenure As Manager of Lee Airport== |
==Tenure As Manager of Lee Airport== |
||
She served as the manager of Lee Airport for 40 years, from 1957 until her death in 1997 <ref name = florenceParlettObituary> Felter, Mary P. " Florence Parlett, Pioneer in Aviation, dies at age 91." The Capital [Annapolis, Maryland], 10 Mar 1997. </ref>. Lee Airport was a small grass strip when she became the manager, and during her tenure, she expanded it into a small general aviation airport <ref name = florenceParlettObituary> Felter, Mary P. " Florence Parlett, Pioneer in Aviation, dies at age 91." The Capital [Annapolis, Maryland], 10 Mar 1997. </ref>. She began the Annapolis Flying Service in 1957 <ref name = florenceParlettObituary> Felter, Mary P. " Florence Parlett, Pioneer in Aviation, dies at age 91." The Capital [Annapolis, Maryland], 10 Mar 1997. </ref>. She also helped found the Civil Air Patrol squadron based at Lee Airport <ref name = florenceParlettObituary> Felter, Mary P. " Florence Parlett, Pioneer in Aviation, dies at age 91." The Capital [Annapolis, Maryland], 10 Mar 1997. </ref>. She earned her pilot’s license at age 42 <ref name = florenceParlettObituary> Felter, Mary P. " Florence Parlett, Pioneer in Aviation, dies at age 91." The Capital [Annapolis, Maryland], 10 Mar 1997. </ref>. |
She served as the manager of Lee Airport for 40 years, from 1957 until her death in 1997 <ref name = florenceParlettObituary> Felter, Mary P. " Florence Parlett, Pioneer in Aviation, dies at age 91." The Capital [Annapolis, Maryland], 10 Mar 1997. </ref>. Lee Airport was a small grass strip when she became the manager, and during her tenure, she expanded it into a small general aviation airport <ref name = florenceParlettObituary> Felter, Mary P. " Florence Parlett, Pioneer in Aviation, dies at age 91." The Capital [Annapolis, Maryland], 10 Mar 1997. </ref>. She began the Annapolis Flying Service in 1957 <ref name = florenceParlettObituary> Felter, Mary P. " Florence Parlett, Pioneer in Aviation, dies at age 91." The Capital [Annapolis, Maryland], 10 Mar 1997. </ref>. She also helped found the Civil Air Patrol squadron based at Lee Airport <ref name = florenceParlettObituary> Felter, Mary P. " Florence Parlett, Pioneer in Aviation, dies at age 91." The Capital [Annapolis, Maryland], 10 Mar 1997. </ref>. She earned her pilot’s license at age 42 <ref name = florenceParlettObituary> Felter, Mary P. " Florence Parlett, Pioneer in Aviation, dies at age 91." The Capital [Annapolis, Maryland], 10 Mar 1997. </ref>. |
||
<gallery> |
|||
File:NEG09-20220819-023a.jpg|Florence Parlett teaching a man how to fly.<ref>photo courtesy of the Kuethe Library</ref> |
|||
</gallery> |
|||
==Honors and Awards== |
==Honors and Awards== |
Latest revision as of 09:12, 8 August 2023
Florence Parlett was a manager of Lee Airport who was a major force behind its development.
Tenure As Manager of Lee Airport
She served as the manager of Lee Airport for 40 years, from 1957 until her death in 1997 [1]. Lee Airport was a small grass strip when she became the manager, and during her tenure, she expanded it into a small general aviation airport [1]. She began the Annapolis Flying Service in 1957 [1]. She also helped found the Civil Air Patrol squadron based at Lee Airport [1]. She earned her pilot’s license at age 42 [1].
-
Florence Parlett teaching a man how to fly.[2]
Honors and Awards
Among her honors were: The Civil Air Patrol Award, the FAA Aviation Pioneer Certificate, the county police award, the Maryland Aviation Administration Citation, and the Maryland Aviation Pioneer Award [1]. She was included in the Smithsonian Institution book and traveling exhibit “Women in Flight” [1].
Death
She died on March 8, 1997, at the age of 91 [1].