'Rosie the Riveter' reunites with plane she helped build
EVERETT — When Helen Vaudrin was assembling American fighter planes in 1942, it felt like just a job to her. The real-life “Rosie the Riveter” couldn’t comprehend the historical significance of her work.
“We didn’t know these big planes were going to fly one day,” said Vaudrin, a 100-year-old Monroe resident.
These days, those planes are remarkably rare, as are the women who built them. In a hangar at Paine Field on Wednesday, woman and machine were reunited nearly 80 years later.
Her family’s pride was obvious while visiting one of the planes she helped build. Vaudrin’s children are scattered across the U.S., but a handful of family members accompanied her to the Museum of Flight’s Restoration Center and Reserve Collection at Paine Field.
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