Английская Википедия:Evelyn Greenblatt Howren
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Evelyn Greenblatt Howren (July 28, 1917 – February 9, 1998) was an American woman aviator from Atlanta, Georgia. She helped organize the first all-woman squadron of the Civil Air Patrol, was one of the first women air traffic controllers in the U.S., and was in the first class of Women Airforce Service Pilots in World War II. After the war she remained active in the aviation business in Georgia for many years. She was the third woman inducted into the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame.
Biography
Evelyn Greenblatt was born in Atlanta in 1917, the daughter of Samuel Robert Greenblatt and Bessie Shear Greenblatt.Шаблон:R She graduated from North Avenue Presbyterian SchoolШаблон:R in 1934 and attended Vanderbilt University.Шаблон:R
It was while at Vanderbilt she took her first flying lesson in 1939.Шаблон:R After graduation she took flight instruction at Atlanta's airport (then called Candler Field)Шаблон:R Her parents had refused to pay for pilot classes, so she had to do it in secret, sometimes pawning items to come up with cash.Шаблон:R (She later recalled once selling the spare tire on her car in order to fund a repair of her Aeronca ChiefШаблон:R). She had her first solo flight in a Piper J-3 Cub in early 1941.Шаблон:R It was only after the solo flight that she told her parents what she had done.Шаблон:R
Greenblatt received her private pilot licence on November 3, 1941.Шаблон:R The next month she joined the then just-formed Civil Air Patrol and helped organizeШаблон:R its first all-woman squadron. She remained active in the organization for years after.Шаблон:R In June 1942 she was among three pilots named to a class of eight women air traffic control trainees,Шаблон:R becoming one of the first women air traffic controllers in the United States.Шаблон:R
Military career
With an excellent record and over 300 flying hoursШаблон:R, she was released from her air traffic control duty in November 1942 to join the first class of Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs). She was one of the first class of twenty-three who graduated on April 24, 1943, at Ellington Field in Houston.Шаблон:R During the war she was assigned to Love Field in Dallas and Peterson Army Air Base in Colorado Springs.Шаблон:R
Greenblatt spent 16 months ferrying various planes from their manufacturers to military training centers and elsewhere.Шаблон:R She flew 30 different military aircraft including the B-17 and B-24 bombersШаблон:R and six types of fighter aircraft.Шаблон:R By the end of the war she had logged 3,000 hours of flight time.Шаблон:R She was sent with other women in the spring of 1944 to the Army Air Forces School of Applied TacticsШаблон:R in Orlando, which she successfully completed. But she never became an officer because the military ultimately decided to keep its women employees civilians.Шаблон:R At that pointШаблон:R she went to Colorado Springs to become a flight instrument instructor. "Most of the boys didn't seem to resent being instructed by a woman," she recalled in 1994.Шаблон:R
She was honorably discharged on December 20, 1944.Шаблон:R After the war the WASPs did not receive G.I. benefits, so Greenblatt lobbied the United States Congress for six years during the 1950s to change that.Шаблон:R It wasn't until 1977 that she and the other women who flew in World War II received Veterans Administration benefits.Шаблон:R
Civilian career
In 1947 she founded Flightways, Inc.Шаблон:R in AtlantaШаблон:R with another aviator, Hillman V. Howren.Шаблон:R The aviation company offered charter service, flying lessons, aerial photography classes and other services.Шаблон:R The couple ran an airline refueling business called Air Refuel, as well.Шаблон:R They sold their businesses to Lockheed in 1968.Шаблон:R It was only after they retired from the business that the two got married.Шаблон:R
She was a member of the Ninety-Nines in Georgia and helped organize the Atlanta Women's Aero Club.Шаблон:R She flew in the All-Women Trans-continental Air Race in 1951. She was also appointed a captain in the United States Air Force Reserve that same year.Шаблон:R At that time it was still rare for women to be pilots - there were only seven women licensed pilots in Atlanta in 1951.Шаблон:R
Howren served as secretary-treasurer of the Georgia Aviation Trade Association from 1950 to 1965.Шаблон:R She was "instrumental" in promoting state legislation to enhance aviation in GeorgiaШаблон:R as an aviation lobbyist.Шаблон:R
Later life and legacy
After retirement she and her husband moved to south FloridaШаблон:R and spent their time traveling, sailing and deep-sea fishing.Шаблон:R
In 1994 she became only the third woman named to the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame.Шаблон:R She died February 9, 1998, of lung failure at Emory University Hospital and was buried at Crestlawn Memorial Park in Atlanta.Шаблон:R Her husband had died the year before.Шаблон:R
The William Breman Jewish Heritage & Holocaust Museum in Atlanta holds a collection of her papersШаблон:R and other artifacts related to her.Шаблон:R
References
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