The Flying Farmer Organization; First in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City: Western Heritage Books, 1983. First Edition. Octavo-oblong. Item #031641
112 pages, inscribed by her in the year of publication to Shirley and Dan Gruber who were new leaders of the Flying Farmers. Illustrated with black and white photographic images. The flying farmers took ranch management to a new level. Their airplanes could now be used in spraying, seeding, checking distance fences. as well as locating either stray livestock or those stranded by flood conditions. Their first meeting was on August 3, 1944, where they met along with their wives who often would fly in their own planes. There is a picture of the farmers with Broneta Davis Evans who was the only one with an actual pilot's license and is the author of this book. Bound in ¼ dark blue leather over blue cloth stamp and lettered in gilt, spine lettering gilt. A very nice copy.
Price: $225.00