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Aviation History: May ‘97 From The Editor

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Karl Stefan served as a Navy fighter pilot during WWII and later became a leader in the lighter-than-air field, founding two manufacturing companies and setting several ballooning records. He was an original member of the Balloon Federation of America and a longtime U.S. delegate to the International Ballooning Commission. Jean Kaye Tinsley began flying in the mid-1940s and became an applications engineer and aviation technical writer. She is best-known for her contributions to the helicopter industry. She was the first president of the Helicopter Club of America and is the executive director of the Whirly Girls.

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