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[[File:Jean Dougherty Strother (b. 1921) (center). Also pictured E.J. Ducayet (right) and R.C. Buyers (left) (5493776787).jpg|100x100px|Dora Jean Dougherty Strother congratulated by Bell chief test pilot R.C. Buyers (at left) and company president E.J. Ducayet (at right) in 1961 just after breaking the helicopter altitude record (at 19,406 feet) in a Bell 47G-3]] | [[File:Jean Dougherty Strother (b. 1921) (center). Also pictured E.J. Ducayet (right) and R.C. Buyers (left) (5493776787).jpg|100x100px|Dora Jean Dougherty Strother congratulated by Bell chief test pilot R.C. Buyers (at left) and company president E.J. Ducayet (at right) in 1961 just after breaking the helicopter altitude record (at 19,406 feet) in a Bell 47G-3]] | ||
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* ... that [[Women Airforce Service Pilots| WASP]] pilot Dr. '''[[Dora Dougherty Strother]]''' held simultaneous records in helicopter flight with world records for altitude (19,406 feet) and distance (straight line 404.36 miles) from 1961 to 1966? | * ... that [[Women Airforce Service Pilots| WASP]] pilot Dr. '''[[Dora Dougherty Strother]]''' held simultaneous records in helicopter flight with world records for altitude (19,406 feet) and distance (straight line 404.36 miles) from 1961 to 1966? | ||
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<small>Created by [[User:Meghaninmotion|Meghaninmotion]] ([[User talk:Meghaninmotion|talk]]). Self nominated at 13:55, 26 August 2013 (UTC)</small>. | <small>Created by [[User:Meghaninmotion|Meghaninmotion]] ([[User talk:Meghaninmotion|talk]]). Self nominated at 13:55, 26 August 2013 (UTC)</small>. | ||
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:*Looking into this--copy edits first. [[User:Drmies|Drmies]] ([[User talk:Drmies|talk]]) 02:55, 27 August 2013 (UTC) | :*Looking into this--copy edits first. [[User:Drmies|Drmies]] ([[User talk:Drmies|talk]]) 02:55, 27 August 2013 (UTC) | ||
::*[[File:Symbol confirmed.svg|16px]] New enough, long enough. I remove some words that were too close to the original; I did not see more. Hope you get lots of hits. This is Meghan's first DYK, so no review is required. [[User:Drmies|Drmies]] ([[User talk:Drmies|talk]]) 03:12, 27 August 2013 (UTC) | ::*[[File:Symbol confirmed.svg|16px]] New enough, long enough. I remove some words that were too close to the original; I did not see more. Hope you get lots of hits. This is Meghan's first DYK, so no review is required. [[User:Drmies|Drmies]] ([[User talk:Drmies|talk]]) 03:12, 27 August 2013 (UTC) | ||
| − | + | *Looks like there's still a few instances of wording too close to the sources: compare for example the first paragraph of Teaching to [http://www.au.af.mil/au/goe/eagle_bios/1990/strother_1990.asp this source] - the order of the sentences is different, but their presentation is very similar. [[User:Nikkimaria|Nikkimaria]] ([[User talk:Nikkimaria|talk]]) 01:04, 2 September 2013 (UTC) | |
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Dora Dougherty Strother
- ... that WASP pilot Dr. Dora Dougherty Strother held simultaneous records in helicopter flight with world records for altitude (19,406 feet) and distance (straight line 404.36 miles) from 1961 to 1966?
Created by Meghaninmotion (talk). Self nominated at 13:55, 26 August 2013 (UTC).
- Looks like there's still a few instances of wording too close to the sources: compare for example the first paragraph of Teaching to this source - the order of the sentences is different, but their presentation is very similar. Nikkimaria (talk) 01:04, 2 September 2013 (UTC)
