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| | Adeline Gray: Pioneer Woman Parachutist (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | Adeline was sure that she would reach her goal of being a ferry pilot. |
 | | However, in December 1941, just after Pearl Harbor was attacked and America entered WWII, Adelinefamed as a jumper and skilled as a federally licensed parachute riggerwas hired by Pioneer Parachute Company in Manchester, Connecticut. |
 | | Jim Bates is a parachute historian published in Aerial Delivery Magazine and the Virginia Military Institute WWII Encyclopedia, and is an Honorary Golden Knight, the United States Parachute Association, the Parachute Industry Association, Connecticut Parachutists, Inc., and the New England Air Museum. |
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