Louise Thaden Wins the First Women’s Air Derby
Women air pilots -- United States
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 flight time of 21 hours, 29 minutes, and 12 seconds.
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IWASM Original Photo Collection, International Women's Air and Space Museum
ca. August 26, 1929
Heidi Fearing/Kimberly Cole
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Original Photo No. 492
Cleveland, Ohio
Louise Thaden
Women air pilots -- United States
Aviatrix Louise Thaden sitting on the wing of an airplane.
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IWASM Original Photo Collection, International Women's Air and Space Museum
Heidi Fearing/Kimberly Cole
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Original Photo No. 491
Louise Thaden at the First Women's Air Derby
Women air pilots -- United States
Aviatrix Louise Thaden holding her victory wreath after arriving first to Cleveland, Ohio in the first Women's Air Derby in 1929 (later called the Powder Puff Derby).
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From the collection of Richard Howe
ca. 1929
Heidi Fearing/Kimberly Cole
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Original Photo No. 426
Cleveland, Ohio
Blanche Noyes, Helen Richey, Helen MacCloskey, and Louise Thaden
Women air pilots -- United States
Four aviatrices, Blanche Noyes, Helen Richey, Helen MacCloskey, and Louise Thaden, pose for a photo.
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IWASM Original Photo Collection, International Women's Air and Space Museum
Heidi Fearing
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Original Photo No. 217