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1929 Women's Air Derby
Contestants stopped in the middle of the first Women's Air Derby, what was once called the Powder Puff Derby, in Paul Cox Airfield in Terre Haute, Indiana. Nineteen women participated in the race which began in Santa Monica, California and ended in…
1929 Women’s Air Derby at the Paul Cox Airfield
Three planes that flew in the 1929 Women's Air Derby at the Paul Cox Air Field in Terre Haute, Indiana. The race began in Santa Monica, California on August 18 and ended in Cleveland, Ohio on August 26.
1966 Powder Puff Derby Contestants
The contestants of the 1966 Powder Puff Derby posing together on stage at a Jack Tar Hotel in Clearwater, Florida. The derby began in Seattle, Washington and ended in Clearwater, Florida, a total of 2875 miles. The contestants flew a Piper Cherokee…
Abigail Davis
Second Officer Abigail Davis was a pilot for the Boeing 727. She was the first woman to be hired as a pilot by Northwest Orient Airlines.
AirMail Biplane
Airmail being loaded into a biplane at a Wichita Hangar in Kansas.
Alys McKey Bryant
Alys McKey Bryant, the first woman to fly in Canada, posing for a photo in her flight gear.
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.
Amelia Earhart at the 1929 Women's Air Derby
Women's Air Derby contestant's planes sit at the Paul Cox Airport in Terre Haute, Indiana on August 25, 1929. A year before entering the contest, famed aviatrix Amelia Earhart was credited as the first woman to fly across the Atlantic. Earhart worked…
Anesia Machado's First Pilot License
Shown here is Anesia Machado's first pilot license that she acquired in Brazil in 1922. She later also obtained a United States pilot license in 1943. Caption on the back of this photograph:
My first license
#77 FAI
April 9, 1922
My first license
#77 FAI
April 9, 1922
Ann Kenyon
Ann Kenyon is shown in her Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) uniform.
Ann Kenyon
Ann Kenyon, member of the Women Airforce Services Pilot (WASP), in uniform.
Ann Kenyon
Ann Keynon wearing a Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) uniform.
Ann Kenyon at a Military Camp
Ann Kenyon poses for a picture in her Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) flight gear.
Ann Kenyon in a Flight Jacket
Ann Kenyon wearing a leather flight jacket.
Ann Kenyon in a Military Cafeteria
Ann Kenyon, a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), is seen talking to her commanding officer in a military cafeteria at Camp Hood, Texas.
Ann Kenyon in Airplane Cockpit
Aviatrix Ann Kenyon and instructor in training plane.
Ann Kenyon on an Airplane Wing
Ann Kenyon, a Women Airforce Service Pilot (WASP), kneels on an airplane wing.
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.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Anne Morrow Lindbergh climbing into the cockpit of a plane. She was a pilot and the wife of the famous aviator Charles A. Lindbergh.
Aviatrices Honored by President John F. Kennedy
A group of aviatrices stand by President Kennedy at the White House for the Amelia Earhart First Day Cover Presentation. From left to right: President John F. Kennedy, Louise Smith, Blanche Noyes, Virginia Thompson, Alice Hammond, Marion Andrews, and…
B-25 Transition Training
In 1944 at Mather Field women gather for B-25 Transition Training. In the top row are Winifred Wood, Ana Morgan, Alaire Bennett, Katherine Joy Merratt, Pat Seares, Carolyn Clayton, Captain "Wimpy" Wimberly, Ellie Bryant, Kaddy Laudry, Aleta Grill,…
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.
Becky Center
Shown here is avatrix Becky Center of Dayton, Ohio.
Beechcraft Airplanes, the Spanish Fleet
17 Beechcraft airplanes with Spanish N-numbers sit outside a Beechcraft factory in preparation for delivery to Spain.
Bessie Coleman in Uniform
Bessie Coleman in a military uniform stands in front of an airplane's front rudder. Coleman was the first African American female pilot and first African American to hold an international pilot license.