Photograph
Sheboygan Airport and Flying Nun
| The real flying nun, Sister Mary Aquinas Kinskey, arriving at Sheboygan County Airport with two Franciscan sisters in a Cherokee C airplane. Sister Mary Aquinas, whose mother house was in Manitowoc, learned to fly during World War II in order to teach her students. Later she was involved with pre-flight instruction for the military. After the war she continued to fly, and she introduced aviation into the science curriculum in schools in Wisconsin and elsewhere. |
| Image ID: | 11045 |
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| Creation Date: | date unknown |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
| City: | Sheboygan |
| County: | Sheboygan |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Versace, Tere Rios, 1917-1999 : 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| This photograph is part of the collection of Wisconsin author Tere Rio Versace concerning an unpublished book about Sister Mary Aquinas. Confusingly, Versace was also the author of the "The Fifteenth Pelican," from which the fictional "Flying Nun" was adapted. 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 |
| Coats |
| Men |
| Outdoor photography |
| Women |
| Nuns |
| Airplanes |
| Airports |
| Air pilots |
| Eyeglasses |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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