Phoebe Omlie’s Flying Life Told In Magazine

Phoebe Omlie’s Flying Life Told In Magazine

Physical Culture Omlie, Phoebe article

The article discusses Phoebe Omlie's flying career. She was a lead story in an American magazine for her accomplishments. Phoebe Omlie took up aviation for schooling. She was a star of the Phoebe Fairgrave Flying Circus. The Phoebe Fairgrave Flying Circus was the first flying circus that had been opened by a woman. She is from Memphis, TN. She took aviation as an vocation in school. She participated in a race that’s was geared to flying time only from Iowa to New York. The winners have yet to be determined. Phoebe Omlie’s husband also was a pilot and he played a big role in her accomplishments as well. He was the chief pilot for a flying service.

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July 20, 1989

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