Flight Instructor Barbara Kibbee, Civilian Pilot Training Program, November 21, 1939
THF256252 / Flight Instructor Barbara Kibbee, Civilian Pilot Training Program, November 21, 1939
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Artifact Overview
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.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
21 November 1939
Creators
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
88.332.7
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 10 in
Width: 8.125 in
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