Clarence.

Libby Haynes is 92. Planes have been her passion for over 75 years. When her mother gave her $10 as her birthday gift for her 17th birthday, Haynes knew what to do. ''I had a flying lesson. I spent $6 to rent a Pipe Club for an hour, $3 for the instructor for an hour, and a dollar for the log book.'' In 1945, young Libby had already finished a training course of the Civil Air Patrol Cadet program and became a nurse, but after the Second World War she decided to head back into this sky. ''Then I just had a very, very strong calling. It's the only name I can put to it that I was meant to join the Air Force. I don't know whether you say divine gudiance or what but it was best decision I ever made in my life.'' The US Army did not enlist women until 1970s and Haynes became an aerographer. At the same time, she flew with the Civil Air Patrol and managed to buy her own tiny plane that she used to fly home for the weekend.