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    Olive Ann Beech (September 25, 1903 – July 6, 1993) was an American aerospace businesswoman who was the co-founder, president, and chairwoman of the Beech...
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    in 1932 with his wife, Olive Ann Beech, and a team of three others. He was born in Pulaski, Tennessee on January 30, 1891. Beech started flying in 1905...
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  • Beechcraft (redirect from Beech Aircraft)
    Company was founded in Wichita, Kansas, in 1932 by Walter Beech as president, his wife Olive Ann Beech as secretary, Ted A. Wells as vice president of engineering...
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    Walter Beech, Olive Ann Beech, Ted Wells, K.K. Shaul and C.G. Yankey become the principle founders of Beech Aircraft in April 1932. Walter Beech was named...
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  • personality Mark Beech (writer), English writer and rock critic Matt Beech (born 1972), American former Major League Baseball pitcher Olive Ann Beech (1904–1993)...
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    Wichita 4: Cessna, Moellendick, Beech & Stearman, (from interviews with Matty Laird, Lloyd Stearman, Olive Ann Beech, Dwane Wallace, Herb Rawdon, Walter...
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  • trophy has been awarded to women on four occasions: Olive Ann Beech, founding partner and president of Beech Aircraft, received the award in 1980; Marion Blakey...
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    water purification, sewage treatment, and fire protection service. Olive Ann Beech (1903-1993), aviation entrepreneur "Eastborough, Kansas", Geographic...
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  • (1964) Lincoln Beachey (1966) Alan LaVern Bean (2010) Olive Ann Beech (1973) Walter Herschel Beech (1977) Alexander Graham Bell (1965) Lawrence Dale Bell...
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    Wichita 4: Cessna, Moellendick, Beech & Stearman (from interviews with Matty Laird, Lloyd Stearman, Olive Ann Beech, Dwayne Wallace, Rawdon, Burnham...
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    is served by Lebo–Waverly USD 243 public school district. Olive Ann Beech (born Olive Ann Mellor in Waverly), U.S. aviation pioneer and businesswoman...
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  • Bibi Bakare-Yusuf Romana Acosta Bañuelos Drew Barrymore Ayah Bdeir Olive Ann Beech Alice Bentinck Gina Bianchini Sara Blakely Francesca Bortolotto Possati...
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  • aviation designer/developer Olive Ann Beech (1903–1993), U.S. aviation pioneer and businesswoman Walter Herschel Beech (1891–1950), U.S. aviation pioneer...
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    College is a community college with a satellite campus in Paola. Olive Ann Beech (born Olive Ann Mellor), U.S. aviation pioneer and businesswoman Danny Carey...
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    use the design as an introductory trainer. The deal was canceled by Olive Ann Beech, who decided to concentrate resources on the Beechcraft Musketeer....
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    first woman to fly a Boeing 747. December 12: Aircraft manufacturer, Olive Ann Beech, is awarded the Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy from the U.S. National...
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  • Poberezny, Jeana Yeager, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Patty Wagstaff and Olive Ann Beech. Additionally, Maule was the recipient of the Katharine Wright Memorial...
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    the first woman to serve as captain on the craft. That same year, Olive Ann Beech was awarded the Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy from the U.S. National...
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  • leadership. The first inductees to the KBHF in 1989 were Olive Ann Beech, co-founder of Beech Aircraft; Cyrus K. Holliday, a railroad executive and one...
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  • actress Mary Pickford (1947-1949), airplane manufacturing executive Olive Ann Beech (1949-1954), and pioneer aviator Matilde Moisant (1954-). There was...
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    Barnett (1857–1958), co-founder of Barnett Bank; Hiawatha Olive Ann Beech, chairwoman of Beech Aircraft Company; Wichita (born in Waverly) Dan and Frank...
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  • Schriever, USAF (Ret.) 1995 Najeeb E. Halaby 1994 Dr. Michael H. Carr 1993 Olive Ann Beech 1992 Francis M. Rogallo 1991 Arthur E. Raymond 1990 Kelly Johnson and...
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  • Harrison Salisbury, 84, American journalist. Olive Ann Beech, 88, American businesswoman and co-founder of the Beech Aircraft Corporation John Gatenby Bolton...
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  • Moellendick, Beech & Stearman, 1999, Aviation Heritage, Destin, FL. (from interviews with Matty Laird, Lloyd Stearman, Olive Ann Beech, Dwane Wallace...
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    (1925–2010) 2001 Colleen Barrett (1944–2024) 2005 Trish Beckman 2010 Olive Ann Beech (1903–1993) 1994 Fran Bera (1924–2018) 2006 Nancy Bird (1915–2009)...
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  • (Beech Aircraft Corp. (founders: Walter Beech, Olive Ann Beech), Wichita, KS) Beechcraft Model 16 Beech Model 17 Staggerwing Beech Model 18 Twin Beech...
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    "Some Recent Worthwhile Plays" American Magazine (June 1912): 238. Ann Randolph, "Olive Wyndham: Her Art and Herself" The National Magazine (October 1913):...
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    the beech, after its tannins had been leached out by soaking. Beechmast has also traditionally been fed to pigs. However, by 4000 BC, as Oliver Rackham...
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    Rebecca Ann Felton (née Latimer; June 10, 1835 – January 24, 1930) was an American writer, politician, white supremacist, and slave owner who was the...
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    a mycorrhizal association with the roots of living trees, specifically beech and oak in North and Central America. The species was first described from...
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