Women air pilots; Women--Recreation--Social aspects; Leisure--Social aspects
Serious leisure theory (Stebbins, 1992) is used to frame this examination of women's long-term involvement in airplane piloting. Through in-depth, semi-structured telephone and e-mail interviews with women having over 15 years experience as private...
Aerial view of Manhattan. Rows of buildings and streets with parkland in the center. P-26295 Manhattan Island, N.Y. as Seen from an Airplane. Text on left: Keystone View Company. Copyrighted. Manufacturers Publishers. Made in U.S.A. Text on right:...
Buildings; Vehicles; Airplanes; Airports; Air pilots; Bowman Field (Ky.)
Captain Russ executes a loop in an airplane above Louisville, Kentucky. The airplane is based at Bowman Field. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H. Bowman, is still in operation, although Standiford Field (now Louisville International...
Buildings; Vehicles; Airplanes; Airports; Mechanics (Persons); Bowman Field (Ky.)
Seven mechanics work on an airplane in a hangar at Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H. Bowman, is still in operation, although Standiford Field (now Louisville International Airport) took over...
Buildings; Vehicles; Airplanes; Airports; Bowman Field (Ky.)
Airplane, propellers spinning, on grass at Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky. A man is standing on the left edge of the photo near the plane. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H. Bowman, is still in operation, although Standiford Field...
Buildings; Vehicles; Airplanes; Airports; Air pilots; Bowman Field (Ky.)
Two pilots in an airplane with spinning propellers preparing to take off at Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky, 1936. A man stands on the right near the plane with one foot forward. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H. Bowman, is still in...
Panoramic photograph. Man at left fuels large twin propeller airplane at Bowman Field while more men stand to the right. Plane faces left of photo diagonally. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H. Bowman, is still in operation, although...
Crosley Radios For Louisville Territory airplane, likely Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky, circa 1930. Two men make a transaction as pilot watches. Plane advertises: Crosley Radios For Louisville Territory; Crosley packages placed on ground in...
Airplane with a front propeller on a runway in front of a terminal. The plane reads Detroit News #3 under the cockpit and Early Bird on the nose. Title supplied by cataloger.
Auroras; Exhibitions; Exhibition buildings; Great Lakes Exposition
Great Lakes Exposition in Cleveland, Ohio, seen from the air at night. There are a variety of buildings and other structures, including a performance "shell," and the lake can be seen in the background. There are beams of colored light...
University of Louisville--Basketball; University of Louisville--Students; Basketball players; Students; Playing cards; Airplanes; College athletes; University of Louisville--Sports
Members of the University of Louisville basketball team and others playing cards in an airplane. Several men are gathered in the aisle of the airplane to watch. This image is from a trip the University of Louisville basketball team took to the...
Airplanes; Airports; Buildings; Bowman Field (Louisville, Ky.)
An airplane is parked in a hangar labeled Curtiss Flying Service and another is parked to the side of it. Cars are parked between the hangar and the brick Administration building at Bowman Field in Louisville, Kentucky. A series of weather...
