Template:Did you know nominations/Dorothy Olsen

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:36, 24 August 2019 (UTC)

Dorothy Olsen

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Dorothy Olsen

• ... that Dorothy Olsen (pictured) was one of only 12 American women certified for night flight in World War II? Source: https://www.chinookobserver.com/news/congressional-medal-winner-still-flying-high-at/article_de8e7c3a-cb00-574f-8a5d-754c45bf75b0.html "She can rattle off all 21 types of airplanes she ferried across America as one of only 12 night-certified women pilots during the harrowing days and some of America's darkest hours from 1942 to 1944."
  • ALT1:... that Dorothy Olsen (pictured) disliked flying bombers because it was like driving a bus? Source: https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/female-fighter-pilot-honored-on-100th-birthday/394361176 "She felt bombers were like driving buses"

• Reviewed: Central Park Conservancy

Created by RoySmith (talk). Self-nominated at 23:27, 7 August 2019 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Hawkeye7 (discuss) 11:40, 11 August 2019 (UTC)

• Hi, I came by to promote ALT1, but I don't understand why you're interpreting the quote that way. (In fact, you're interpreting it, which is OR.) The quote says:
• "She was qualified on everything the Army flew, as well as some Navy planes," Kim said. He noted her favorites were the P-51 and P-38 fighters. "She felt bombers were like driving buses.”
• To me, that means flying bombers was as easy as driving a bus. Yoninah (talk) 23:06, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Hmmm. I don't really think it's OR. It's common parlance in the aviation community to talk about flying a big plane which is not a challenge to fly as "driving a bus", or "being a bus driver". But, no, I can't find a good reference for that. There's another quote in the News Tribune reference: She also didn’t care much for the bomber planes. Debbie Jennings, friends with Olsen since about 2003 and developer of a WASP exhibit at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, said her friend preferred the fighter plane because she was by herself and could do whatever she wanted. That makes it clear that she didn't like bombers, but doesn't tie in the bus remark. We could use that reference instead, but honestly, I like the primary hook better. It may not be as catchy, but it does highlight one of her achievements that set her apart from most of the other WASPs. -- RoySmith (talk) 23:29, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

• Agreed. Restoring tick for ALT0 per Hawkeye7's review. Yoninah (talk) 08:43, 16 August 2019 (UTC)