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Pancho Barnes and the Women's Air Derby, Long Beach, California, circa 1930–1931 Barnes had extensive connections in Hollywood. Her early close friend George Hurrell (1904–1992), then eking out a living as a painter and photographer in Laguna Beach, California, would later become the head of the portrait department of MGM Studios .
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 ...
Pancho Barnes (1901–1975), granddaughter of balloonist Thaddeus Lowe; founded the Women's Air Reserve, Associated Motion Picture Pilots and became the "mother of the Air Force" [4] [5] Mary Barr (1925–2010), first female pilot to join the US Forest Service and become National Aviation Safety Officer [ 6 ]
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The Ninety-Nines: International Organization of Women Pilots, also known as The 99s, is an international organization that provides networking, mentoring, and flight scholarship opportunities to recreational and professional female pilots. Founded in 1929, the Ninety-Nines has 153 chapters and 27 regional 'sections' across the globe as of 2022 ...
In a letter that Kunz later wrote to President John F. Kennedy, she said that she had intended to form a "Women’s Reserve Corp" [sic]. [4] [21] As it turned out, it was flier Pancho Barnes who afterwards formed the Women's Air Reserve as an unofficial branch of the U.S. Air Force. [1]