Nose Art: Compass Rose

COMPASS ROSE

After the loss of Amelia Earhart in the CALAMITY JANE and the gallant efforts of the VGL Pilots who risked and even lost their lives in the rescue efforts in 1937, the leaders of the VGL thought best to suspend flights while the project was re-evaluated. With the encouragement and financial backing of Rosalind P. Walter, philanthropist and inspiration for the song "Rosie the Riveter" which thereby inspired the famous wartime poster, new safety protocols were implemented in the prototype pod designated UFT 2.

One such pod remained in the Lakehurst Facility after WW II as a safety training aid for the incoming pilots. This training pod was named COMPASS ROSE in Ms. Walter's honor because she helped guide the VGL when the rest of the world had lost its way.

COMPASS ROSE: Type: Prototype Safety Trainer
Commissioned: November, 1942
No Active Missions
Decommissioned: May, 1972

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