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This list of racing aircraft covers aircraft which have been designed or significantly ... 1930: Variant modified for racing. ... M., D., (full name not ...
The first real race for female pilots was the Women's Air Derby during the 1929 National Air Races and Aeronautical Exposition. Air-race promoter Cliff Henderson was the founder of the first Women's Air Derby, which he patterned after the men's transcontinental air races.
The Bellanca 28-70 was a long-range air racer designed for James Fitzmaurice, Irish pioneer aviator, who christened it Irish Swoop.Although it was built in time for the 1934 MacRobertson Race from England to Australia, it was never destined to be a competitive long-distance racer but it was ultimately reborn as a high-speed bomber.
Mary Barr (1925–2010), first female pilot to join the US Forest Service and become National Aviation Safety Officer [6] Jean Batten (1909–1982), made first solo flight from United Kingdom to New Zealand in the 1930s; Ann Baumgartner (1918–2008), test pilot; first American woman to fly a U.S. Army Air Forces jet aircraft (a Bell YP-59A jet ...
This was also the year for the first female pylon race, the winner of which was awarded the Aerol Trophy beginning in 1931. [4]: 78–79, 99 [1] In Chicago, on the last day of the 1930 trophy race (September 1), USMC Captain Arthur Page crashed his modified Curtiss Hawk Seaplane F6C-3, and died of his injuries later that day.
Aircraft by century or decade of first flight. 19th century; 20th century; ... Pages in category "1930s aircraft" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 ...
By 1930, there were around 200 women pilots in the U.S., but within five years there were more than 700. [4] Women of Aviation Worldwide Week has reported that after 1980, the increase in gender parity among pilots in the United States has been stagnant. [5] The global percentage of women airline pilots is 3%.
Civil aircraft of the 1930s. Business • Cargo • Mailplanes • Sailplanes • Sports • Trainer • Utility Military aircraft of the 1930s. Anti-submarine • Attack • Bomber • Fighter • Patrol • Reconnaissance • Rescue • Trainer • Transport • Utility Miscellaneous aircraft of the 1930s; Experimental • Special-purpose