Photograph
Flying Nun in a B-52
| The real flying nun, Sister Mary Aquinas Kinskey, O.S.F., in a B-52 simulator with Major Ralph M. Hanson. Sister Mary Aquinas was fulfilling her dream of flying a jet plane. The sister, whose Franciscan motherhouse was in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, learned to fly during World War II in order to teach her students. Later she was involved with pre-flight instruction for the military, and after the war she continued to fly. Sister Mary Aquinas introduced aviation into the science curriculum of various schools in Wisconsin and elsewhere. |
| Image ID: | 11052 |
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| Creation Date: | date unknown |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
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| Collection Name: | Tere Rios Versace papers, 1941-1977 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | M77-507 |
| Original Dimensions: | 9.5 x 7.5 inches |
| This photograph is part of the research gathered by free-lance writer Tere Rios Versace of Black Earth concerning an unpublished biography of Sister Mary Aquinas. Confusingly, Versace also wrote "The Fifteenth Pelican" on which the fictional Flying Nun television program was based. 10/31/10 in an email from Laura Ross: My Father, Bernard H. Geyer, age 91, is her [Sister Mary Aquinas'] nephew. |
| Clothing and dress |
| Air pilots, Military |
| Airplane, Military |
| Indoor photography |
| Men |
| Women |
| Nuns |
| Air pilots |
| Eyeglasses |
| Military uniforms |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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