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LIFE'S COVER: The girl in pigtails who eyes the sky from an Army air- plane is 22-year-old Shirley Slade, pilot in the Women's Flying Training Detachment at Avenger Field, Texas. Shirley flew for fun near her home in Chicago, before Government gave her the chance to train in Army planes as a ferry pilot for the Air Forces. For more about girl pilots, see pages 73-81.