Nadine Liscomb Jeppesen (September 14, 1914 – June 10, 1996) was an American flight attendant who became a publisher of flight maps.

Early life and education

Nadine Audrey Liscomb was born in

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, the daughter of Georgia Ferrill Liscomb and Chauncey Ettinger Liscomb. Her father died in the epidemic and her mother remarried to Donald Prentiss Liscomb, a cousin. She graduated from nursing school in 1934, then trained as a stewardess in

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.Flint Whitlock and Terry L. Barnhart
''Capt. Jepp and the Little Black Book: How Barnstormer and Aviation Pioneer Elrey B. Jeppesen Made The Skies Safer for Everyone''
(Savage Press 2007): 120-130.

Career

Liscomb was a 21-year-old stewardess in 1936, when she married a pilot,

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, and was required to stop flying. She remained interested in aviation, and in 1939 was voted one of the directors of the

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chapter of the Women's National Aeronautic Association. The Jeppesens started a business publishing flight charts, with first-hand knowledge of what was useful and necessary in such documents. The ''Jeppesen Airway Manual'' was first published from their home in Salt Lake City, and later from a storefront in

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, with Nadine Jeppesen overseeing the publication's design and hiring cartographers. The manuals were an established resource for pilots before the start of World War II, which increased demand for them. Nadine Jeppesen was responsible for marketing, publicity, and accounting at the company, while Elrey Jeppesen continued to fly for

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until 1954. The Jeppesens sold their company in 1961, to the Times Mirror Corporation. The company, still known as

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, has been a subsidiary of

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since 2000. Nadine Jeppesen received the

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's Katharine Wright Award in 1994, for significant contributions to aviation. She was inducted into the Women in Aviation International Pioneer Hall of Fame in 1995. She died the following year, at age 81. Elrey Jeppesen died several months later; they were survived by their two sons.Robert McG. Thomas Jr.
"Elrey B. Jeppesen, Pilots' Friend, Dies at 89"
''New York Times'' (November 28, 1996).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jeppesen, Nadine 1914 births 1996 deaths American publishers (people) Flight attendants People from Harrison County, Iowa