February 10, 1958: Wife of Deputy Secretary of Defense Learns to Fly with CAP

On this date in 1958, Time magazine reported that Rosina Quarles, wife of Deputy Secretary of Defense Donald Quarles, learned to fly in the Civil Air Patrol.

An excerpt from Time:

Credited with some 70 hours of flight time, slim Rosina Quarles, blue-yondering wife of the Deputy Secretary of Defense and grandma of seven, got her pilot's wings and second-looey bars in the Civil Air Patrol. Expecting her checkout as a CAP search pilot, Aviatrix Quarles owned up to one frustration: "I'd like to fly jets, but my husband won't let me."

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,868252,00.html#ixzz0lEfsFFzQ

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