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White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy (left, back turned) holds a map of the route taken by aviator Betty Miller on the first solo flight by a woman across the Pacific Ocean. Mrs. Miller received the Federal Aviation Agency’s Decoration for Exceptional Service from the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency, Najeeb Halaby. (L-R) President Kennedy; Mrs. Miller (partially hidden behind the President); Administrator Halaby; aviator Jane "Janey" Briggs Hart; Mrs. Miller’s husband, Charles Miller; and Jean Ross Howard of the Aerospace Industries Association. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.