PLAINVIEW, Texas (Sept. 24, 2022) An undated portrait of Alice Starnes (center) with her sisters Nadia and Kathryn during World War II. Starnes, who recently celebrated her 100th birthday, served in the WAVES during World War II using the Link Trainer, one of aviation’s first flight simulators, to train more than 1,000 pilots to fly without the use of visual references. (U.S. Navy Photo Courtesy of the Starnes Family)