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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…
Ruth Elder and Thea Rasche at the 1929 Women's Air Derby
Thea Rasche (left) and Ruth Elder (right) standing at the Paul Cox Airfield in Terre Haute, Indiana on August 25, 1929. They are standing in front of Rasche’s Gypsy Moth #61. The first Women's Air Derby, also called the Powder Puff Derby, took place…
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.
Ruth Elder During the 1929 Women's Air Derby
Ruth Elder standing on Paul Cox Air Field during the 1929 Women's Air Derby. Caption on the back of the photograph reads "Three cheers for Ruth!!! Always smiling."
Ruth Elder and Vera Dawn Walker’s Planes at the 1929 Women’s Air Derby
Ruth Elder and Vera Dawn Walker’s planes at Paul Cox Airfield in Terre Haute, Indiana on August 25th during the 1929 Women's Air Derby. The foreground plane, No. 66, Swallow J-5, was flown by Ruth Elder. The other, No. 113, Curtiss Robin Challenger,…
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…
Neta Snook Southern
Neta Snook Southern was an early American aviatrix. A pioneer in the field of female aviation, Southern was the first woman in Iowa to receive her pilot's license, first student accepted at the Curtiss Flying School in Virginia, and the first woman…
Katherine Stinson in Flight Suit
Early aviatrix Katherine Stinson puts her hand on her plane shortly after receiving her pilot's license, the fourth woman in the United States to do so. After receiving her certificate, she began exhibition flying where she was known as the "Flying…
AirMail Biplane
Airmail being loaded into a biplane at a Wichita Hangar in Kansas.
Lockheed Vega NC-106 Standard Aviation Oil Company Plane
A Lockheed Vega NC-106 Standard Aviation Oil Company plane featuring the image of an eagle associated with the brand.
Major and Mrs. Alex de Seversky
Russian born Major Alexander P. de Seversky came to America, and he enjoyed a successful career as a pilot, inventor, aeronautical engineer, and author. Evelyn Olliphant de Seversky was a New Orleans socialite and pilot. The Major founded Seversky…
Breyton and Bebe Barrow with Model Airplanes
Breyton and Bebe Barrow with powered model airplanes during an air meet in Waynesboro, Virginia.
Wilhelmina Teerling in a B-25 T-635 Airplane
Wilhelmina Teerling , Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) Class of '43-7, sitting in the cockpit of the large B-25 T-635 plane called "Wah-Hoo-Wah."
Wilhelmina Teerling in a BT-13A Airplane
Wilhelmina Teerling, a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), smiles back at the camera from the cockpit of a BT-13A.
Wilhelmina Teerling's Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) Class Photo
Wilhelmina Teerling poses for her class photo. She started her Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) training as a member of the class of 43-W-5 and graduated in the class of 43-W-7.
Wilhelmina Teerling in a PT-19 Airplane
Class of 1943 Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) Wilhelmina Teerling sits in a PT-19 at Avenger Field, WASP training grounds.
Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) Class of 1943
The Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) were a group of female aviators that formed in September 1942. This pioneer group of women were employed to fly military aircraft during World War II under the direction of the United States Army Air Forces.…
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,…
Katherine Stinson
Early American aviatrix Katherine Stinson, one of the first women in the United States to get her pilot's license, posing on an airplane.
Florence Lowe "Pancho" Barnes
Florence Lowe "Pancho" Barnes standing with her airplane, the Travel Air Mystery Ship.
Louise Thaden Wins the First Women’s Air Derby
Louise Thaden sitting in her Travel Air Wright Engine at the first Women’s Air Derby, which took place from August 18 to August 26, 1929. The nineteen women who participated flew from Santa Monica, California to Cleveland. Louise Thaden won with a…
Louise Thaden
Aviatrix Louise Thaden sitting on the wing of an airplane.
Marjorie Stinson
Aviatrix Marjorie Stinson seated in a Wright airplane, probably at Huffman Prairie in Dayton.
Marjorie Stinson
Marjorie Stinson standing next to a plane.
Helen Richey
Helen Richey sitting for a portrait in a uniform.