Manuscript Collection
Doris Mitchell Tant Collection - Accession 1501 - M731 (787)
Scope and Content Note
This collection consists of regulation and flight maneuver handbooks (Platter for Elementary Flight Maneuvers: Civil Aeronautics Bulletin No. 31 (February 1943) and Digest of Civil Air Regulations for Pilots: Civil Aeronautics Bulletin No. 22 (October 1943). Also included is a medical certificate given by the U.S. Department of Commerce Civil Aeronautics Administration to Doris Mitchell Tant (1923-2011). Doris served as a pilot during WWII. The Civil Aeronautics Administration taught women to pilot airplanes for non-military aviation purposes. Doris Tant was a 1946 graduate of Winthrop College graduated with a degree in Physical Education.
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