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Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS) at Fairchild Plant
A group of seven Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS) walk side by side at the Fairchild plant in Hagerstown, Maryland. From left to right, those walking are:
Kathryn (Sis) Bernheim,
Gertrude Meserve,
Dorothy Fulton,
Betty Gillies,…
Kathryn (Sis) Bernheim,
Gertrude Meserve,
Dorothy Fulton,
Betty Gillies,…
Jacqueline "Jackie" Cochran and a Staggerwing Beech
Aviatrix Jacqueline "Jackie" Cochran standing in front of her plane that is adorned with a victory wreath.
Jacqueline "Jackie" Cochran in T-38
Aviatrix Jacqueline "Jackie" Cochran standing in the cockpit of a T-38 plane.
Elisabeth Borelli
Elisabeth Borelli stands by her plane holding her helmet.
Anna-Marie Peltier
French pilot Anna-Marie Peltier, pictured here with her arms crossed next to a plane, was a F-27 captain for the Air Intern in France. Attached to the photograph is a typed description in French.
Marcelle Choisnet-Gohard
French pilot Marcelle Choisnet-Gohard in a flight suit getting into a small plane. She held international records for gliding. A paper attached to the bottom of the picture has a description typed in French.
Notable Individuals in Flight featuring Blanche Stuart Scott
A compilation of nine photographs of notable individuals in flight accompanying an advertisement for Beechcraft planes, featuring a story about early female pilot Blanche Stuart Scott and her flight in a Beechcraft model. These clippings come from an…
Ruth Nichols World Altitude Flight
Ruth Nichols standing in front of her plane, wearing a fur flight suit by Akita. This picture was taken before her world altitude record flight.
Ruth Law and Her Curtiss Pusher Aircraft
Ruth Law sits with her hands at the lever controls of her self-built aircraft. The hand-written caption on the back of the photograph reads "Center section view of Curtiss Model E. [illegible] which I had built for my exhibition flight and won med…
Baroness Raymonde de Laroche
French aviatrix Baroness Raymonde de Laroche sitting at the controls of a pusher biplane. She was the first woman to ever receive a pilot's license.
Beechcraft Airplanes, the Spanish Fleet
17 Beechcraft airplanes with Spanish N-numbers sit outside a Beechcraft factory in preparation for delivery to Spain.
Louise Sacchi
Louise Sacchi standing beside a Beechcraft plane in front of a Beechcraft factory. She is wearing “The Spanish Medal.” Sacchi was preparing to deliver the Spanish Fleet of Beechcraft airplanes to Spain in 1971.
Virginia Thomas
Aviatrix Virgina Thomas standing next to a plane. She is wearing an Amelia Earhart medallion pendant and a Ninety-Nines pin.
Virginia Thomas Accepts the Ohio Achievement Award
Virginia Thomas accepting the Ohio Achievement Award in 1956. She joined the Ninety-Nines in 1947.
Louise Sacchi and a Cessna 140
Aviatrix Louise Sacchi standing in front of a Cessna 140.
Jacqueline "Jackie" Cochran and Chuck Yeager
Aviatrix Jacqueline “Jackie” Cochran sitting in the cockpit of a Northrop T-38 Talon supersonic twin-jet trainer with Chuck Yeager standing on the ladder next to her.
Alys McKey Bryant
Alys McKey Bryant standing in front of a Curtiss biplane on July 31, 1913 around 3 P.M. in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. This photo was presumably taken shortly after she became the first woman to fly in Canada.
Geraldine "Jerri" Sloan Truhill Wearing a John Weyatts Flight Suit
Geraldine "Jerri" Sloan Truhill standing in front of a plane, wearing a Lycra flight suit designed by John Weyatts.
Page Shamburger
Pilot Page Shamburger is best known for being the first woman to fly into the eye of a hurricane in 1965.
Blanche Noyes, Louise Smith, and Virginia Thompson with President John F. Kennedy
Aviatrixes Blanche Noyes, Louise Smith, and Virginia Thompson, presenting the first Amelia Earhart Day Cover to President John F. Kennedy.
Jacqueline "Jackie" Cochran in the Cockpit
The Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) founder Jacqueline "Jackie" Cochran salutes from the cockpit of a Seversky before taking off for a long distance record flight.
Tracy Pilurs with Stuffed Animal Cat Mascot
Aviatrix Tracy Pilurs seated in the cockpit of her bi-plane accompanied by her stuffed animal cat mascot.
Jacqueline "Jackie" Cochran Stamp
Commemorative stamp of aviatrix Jacqueline “Jackie” Cochran. Cochran broke multiple records and was largely responsible for the formation of the Women Air Service Pilots (WASP). In 1996, the United States Postal Service issued the 50 cent stamp to…
Jacqueline "Jackie" Cochran
Aviatrix Jacqueline "Jackie" Cochran and Northrop T-38 Talon supersonic twin-jet trainer she flew 844.2 miles per hour to a new world's 15 kilometer speed record for women August 24, 1961 at Edwards Air Force Base, California.
Photo from Northrop…
Photo from Northrop…
Ruth Elder at the 1929 Women's Air Derby
Ruth Elder standing at the Paul Cox Airfield in Terre Haute, Indiana on August 25, 1929. The first Women's Air Derby, also called the Powder Puff Derby, took place between August 18 and August 27, 1929. The flight began in Santa Monica, California…