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First Female Air Traffic Controller

3 minutes 49 seconds

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Kristie Reddick of The Bug Chicks talks to her grandmother about what it was like to be one of the first female air traffic controllers at LaGuardia airport.

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Runtime: 3 minutes 49 seconds

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