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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 ...
Claire Fahy's wing wires were eaten through, possibly sabotaged with acid; she withdrew from the race. An estimated 18,000 people gathered in Cleveland, Ohio, to greet the pilots at the end of the race. [23] Louise Thaden finished the race first on August 26 [24] and won the heavy class in a time of 20 hours, 19 minutes and 4 seconds. [18]
The company was founded by famed World Race Gold Medalist Marion P. Jayne and after her death from cancer in 1996, was run by her daughter Patricia Jayne (Pat) Keefer, 1994 World Race Gold Medalist. Under Keefer's leadership, the events tabulated a perfect safety record with nearly 600,000 miles raced, over 3,200 safe landings at 81 different ...
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
Helen Richey (November 21, 1909 – January 7, 1947) was a pioneering female aviator and the first woman to be hired as a pilot by a commercial airline in the United States. [ 1 ] In 1933, she and her flying partner, Frances Harrell Marsalis, set a women's fueling endurance record of 237 hours and 42 minutes above the city of Miami in their ...
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 ...
The Studebaker National Museum presents “The Birth of the Silver Arrows: Mercedes-Benz Racing,” a talk by automotive historian Col. H. Donald Capps U.S. Army, Retired, on Nov. 15, 2023. One of ...
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 ...