"Flight is abiding peace.... It is a spirit totally free," wrote Derby winner Louise Thaden, setting the tone for this fascinating history of the first women's transcontinental air race from Santa ...
The first Women’s Air Derby was flown in 1929 with brave women making history by breaking into a competition that was thought to be for men only. They encountered sabotage, death, and all the ...
At right, Nellie Yates is pictured holding a trophy she won in a powder puff race at Sulphur Springs Speedway in Findley Lake in 1957. Yates attended the Sulphur Springs Speedway reunion held at the ...
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