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Janet Knight owned and operated Summit Flying School at San Francisco Municipal Airport in the 1930s. It was a very successful school, operating through the Great Depression. She instructed an average of 60 men and 10 pilots per year; several pilots even went on to work for Pan American Airways. This image was posted on August 19, 2015.

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