Interviewer
Margaret Eloise Sagmiller
Files
Description
Marth Volkomener recounts growing up in West Virginia and her first experiences flying seaplanes after graduating from West Virginia Wesleyan College. She recalls the different requirements of flight school, the types of planes she flew, and her instructors. Volkomener talks about being one of 1,800 women who were accepted into a civil-service military flying program. She also describes some of her misadventures and close calls while flying different training missions. Volkomener recalls quitting flying when she married in 1950 due to the high cost of renting and flying a plane. She describes settling in the Great Falls, Montana area with her husband, and concludes the interview by describing her love of flying.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
History of women pilots; Montana pilots; Aviators, women; Civil service aviators; U.S. Air Force, women pilots; Great Falls, Montana
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 262-011, 012
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
2 sound cassettes (02:00:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (21 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
01:13:39 minutes
Local Filename
OH_262_011_012.mp3; OH_262_011_012.pdf
Citation
Volkomener, Martha, "Martha Volkomener Interview, 1991" (1991). Montana Women Pilots Oral History Project. 5.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/montanawomenpilots/5