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Female Fighter Pilot, 93, Takes Ride of a Lifetime

By Tori RichardsMar 10th 2010 – 2:08PM
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HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (March 10) -- It's been 66 years since Violet Cowden flew fighter airplanes during World War II, but when she took to the skies recently off the coast of Southern California, it was like she was home. "It's like I never left," said Cowden, 93, who flew a light fighter plane for an hour,...

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  • 02/03/12 World War II pilots Source: Buffalo Reflex - Buffalo MO Was it simply a coincidence that seven young men living along a 7.4 mile stretch of road, currently known as KK, south of Fair Grove, ended up being pilots or would-be pilots during World War II?

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