Interviewer
Margaret Eloise Sagmiller
Files
Description
Joan Orley describes how her journey to becoming a pilot in the early 1960s, including her practice flights. She discusses her participation in the Ninety-Nines, an international organization of women pilots, and the Powder Puff Derby, now called the All Women’s Transcontinental Air Race.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Airplane models; Airports; Commercial flights; Cargo; Ninety-Nines; History of women pilots; Montana pilots
Original Date
1991
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Montana Women Pilots Oral History Project, OH 262, Archives and Special Collections, Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula
Digital Publisher
University of Montana--Missoula. Mansfield Library
Rights
Copyright to this collection is held by the interview participants and by the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula. Permission may be required for use. For further information please contact Archives and Special Collections: (406) 243-2053 / library.archives@umontana.edu
Oral History Number
OH 262-001, 002
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
2 sound cassettes (02:00:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (26 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
01:32:17 minutes
Local Filename
OH_262_001_002.mp3; OH_262_001_002.pdf
Citation
Orley, Joan, "Joan Orley Interview, 1991" (1991). Montana Women Pilots Oral History Project. 1.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/montanawomenpilots/1