Louise Thaden, Gladys O’Connell and Ruth Nichols, pioneer female aviators during the First Women’s Air Derby, a transcontinental air race that originated at Clover Field — now Santa Monica Airport […]
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Ruth Elder and Richard Dix fly high in 1928′s Moran of The Marines
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Elsie Mackay was a famous British silent film actress. She starred in eight films, before dying while trying to accomplish her other dream of becoming the first woman to fly across […]
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she was already known as the ‘Queen of Diamonds’, but American socialite Mabel Boll wanted to become the ‘Queen of the Air’ instead. Caught by the transatlantic fever, while in […]
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Coleen Moore, pilot of our hearts
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Bessie Coleman
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Freeport’s ‘Flying Flapper’ remembered – aviatrix Elinor Smith gets me-morialized with a historical marker
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Pancho Barnes and The Ninety-Nines at the Powder Puff Derby at Long Beach, California circa 1930-1931
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America’s Birdwomen Gather At Los Angeles For Start Of First National Women’s Air Derby With famous girl fliers from all over the United States assembled here for the start of […]
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Dressed fit to fly – Anita Page, Metro-Goldywn-Mayer player, shows six correct costumes for aviation. You may wear a pair of linen trousers with brown boots and a brown leather […]