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Florence Lowe "Pancho" Barnes (July 22, 1901 – March 30, 1975) was a pioneer aviator and a founder of the first movie stunt pilots' union. In 1930, she broke Amelia Earhart 's air speed record . [ 3 ]
Pancho Barnes is a 1988 American made-for-television biographical film about the pioneering female aviator, starring Valerie Bertinelli, Ted Wass, James Stephens and Cynthia Harris. The film was directed by Richard T. Heffron and premiered on CBS on October 25, 1988.
The Happy Bottom Riding Club (1935–1953), was a dude ranch, restaurant, and hotel operated by aviator Florence "Pancho" Barnes near Edwards Air Force Base in the Antelope Valley of California's Mojave Desert. [N 1] [1] Barnes and her club were featured in Tom Wolfe's 1979 book, The Right Stuff, and its 1983 film adaptation.
From left to right: Louise Thaden, Bobbi Trout, Patty Willis, Marvel Crosson, Blanche Noyes, Vera Dawn Walker, Amelia Earhart, Marjorie Crawford, Ruth Elder, and Pancho Barnes, [1] in front of NC229K, de Havilland DH.60 Moth (c/n 41); [2] at the Breakfast Club, [3] Los Angeles, California, before the start of the race [4] [5] Pancho Barnes (fourth from the left) [6] and the Powder Puff Derby ...
The film premiered at the NewFest film festival in Manhattan in June, 2009, and was subsequently shown at the American Cinematheque, the Los Angeles International Women's Film Festival, the San Francisco Women's Film Festival, the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival and the San Luis Obispo Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award. [1]
His father was a trumpet player, and his mother was a dancer. His brother was actor Jose Gonzalez-Gonzalez (1922–2000). He left school at the age of seven to join a family act called "Las Perlitas" that toured southwest Texas.
Whether you are a casual bowler or part of your community's local league, it's safe to say bowling is a fun, social activity to do with friends and family.
Associated Motion Picture Pilots (AMPP) was a union of aviators who worked as stunt pilots in the Hollywood film industry. The group, one of the first unions in film work, was organized by Pancho Barnes in 1931 [1] and formally established on January 4, 1932. [2]