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**Carl Ellis** · 04-16-2008, 07:35

Re: Evelyn Burleson

Can't see the entire N number under the wing but here is a picture and a short blurb.

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http://digitum.washingtonhistory.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/womens&CISOPTR=143&CISOBOX=1&REC=1

You can see the N number in this one.

http://search.tacomapubliclibrary.org/images/dt6.asp?SX=5014&HIT=4&TOTAL=9&UNIQUE=1664627AM356

Lots of photos at the Tacoma Public Library site. Just search for Evelyn Burleson

http://search.tacomapubliclibrary.org/images/dt6.asp

And more

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http://www.alliancememory.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/taylor&CISOPTR=419&CISOBOX=1&REC=2

Evelyn Burleson and four unidentifed men shown prior to a flight to Tacoma, Washington

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http://www.alliancememory.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/taylor&CISOPTR=416&CISOBOX=1&REC=6

Evelyn Burleson, a flight instuctor from Albany, Oregon was a business partner with her husband, Howard Burleson, of Burleson Flyers, Inc., Taylorcraft dealers. Just 16-1/2 hours after she took off from Vancouver, British Columbia, Mrs. Burleson set her Taylorcraft "Miss Liberty" down at Tijuana, Mexico, without ever having touched United States soil. For a total distance of 1,700 miles, her airplane averaged better than 103 miles per hour. Her purpose for this long flight was to demonstrate the long distance flying possibilities of light airplanes. She also was anxious to show that women pilots are entitled to as much consideration as men in any possible lining up of flying resources.

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