Women Aviators (29 page)

Aviation Cross award,
65

aviatrix, use of term,
90

Barnes, Florence Lowe

“Pancho”,
136–141

background,
137–138

Happy Bottom Riding Club,
140–141

Barnes, Rankin,
137

barnstorming,
36–37
,
134

Barr, Mary,
134

barrage balloons,
129

Beech, Walter,
58

Beechcraft C17R Staggerwing biplane,
55–56

Beechnut Company,
50

Bendix Transcontinental Air Race,
55–56
,
107

Berlin, Germany,
125

Bessie Coleman Aero Club,
31

Bessie Coleman Drive,
31

Black, Tom Campbell,
86
,
88

Blériot, Louis,
20

“B” licenses,
86

Bodill, Colin,
186–190

Boeing 747s,
145

Bone, R. O.,
63

Boston Aero Meet,
22

Bragg, Janet Harmon,
92–93

Bridge of Wings tour,
120

bridges,
67–68

British Air Ministry,
35

British Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA),
98

Bronze Eagles Flying Club,
195

Brown, Willa,
90–95

achievements,
93–94

background,
91–92

Civil Air Patrol,
93–94
,
167

Burns, Beverly,
134
,
142
,
145–146

bush pilots,
84–85

Caitlin, Ben,
138

Cal Fire,
158

Camp Davis,
100

Campbell, Mark,
63

CAP Squadron 613,
93–94

Carter, Jimmy,
116

Cary-Hopson, Carole,
170–171

Caterpillar Club,
181

Caudron Brothers' School of Aviation,
26

Central Airlines,
143

Challenger Air Pilots Association,
31
,
92

charities,
146
,
169–170

Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation,
158

Chatterton Air Race,
80

Cheung, Katherine Sui Fun,
79–83

achievements,
83

background,
80

teaching,
82

Chicago, Illinois,
28

Chicago Defender (newspaper),
26
,
29
,
90–91

China,
80
,
81–82

Chinese Aeronautical Association,
80

Church, Ellen,
133

Chute, Roger,
138

Civil Air Patrol (CAP),
93–94
,
167–168

Civilian Pilot Training Program (CPTP),
93
,
98

Clarke-Washington, Patrice,
94
,
144

climate change,
162

Clinton, Hillary,
201

Clutterbuck, Charles,
85

Coast Guard,
102

Cobb, Geraldyn “Jerrie,”
197–201

astronaut training,
199
,
200–201

aviation records,
198

awards/achievements,
199
,
200

background,
198

humanitarian work,
199–200

Life article,
152

Cobb, William H.,
197

Cochran, Jacqueline,
103–110

air races,
106
,
107
,
109

ATA activities,
98

aviation records,
107
,
109

awards/achievements,
108
,
109

background,
105–106
,
109

military programs,
104–105
,
107–108
,
114

Coffey, Cornelius,
91
,
92

Coffey School of Aeronautics,
92
,
93

Coleman, Bessie “Queen Bess,”
25–31

accidents,
30

aviation shows,
29–30

background,
27–29

in France,
25–26

memorial flyover,
94

Coleman, George,
27

Coleman, Susan,
27–28

Colored Agricultural and Normal University (Langston University),
28

combat pilots,
97
,
101
,
118–119
,
122–123

commercial airlines,
133–135
,
142–147

Congressional Gold Medal,
116

Cooper, Edna May,
59
,
65

Coup Femina,
13

Cowden, Violet “Vi,”
111–117

awards/achievements,
116

background,
112

Crosson, Marvel,
43

Curtiss Aviation,
181

Curtiss Flying School,
33
,
34–35
,
180–181

Curtiss, Glenn,
33
,
36

D1000 trackers,
187–188

d'Arlandes, Marquis,
10

Davenport Aviation School,
33–34

Deal, Sarah M.,
102

de Laroche, Raymonde (Elise Raymonde Delaroche),
8–15

accidents,
12
,
13
,
15

aviation records,
14

background,
9–12

Wright and,
10–11

de Rozier, Jean-François Pilâtre,
10

Department of Transportation (DOT),
151

Drake Passage,
187

drift sights,
162

Dutrieu, Hélène,
6

Eagle Flight Squadron,
170–171

Earhart, Amelia,
46–54

accidents,
38

Atlantic flights,
49
,
50
,
51

aviation records,
51–52

background,
48–49

flight around the world,
46–48
,
52–53

Pacific flight,
51–52

Quimby on,
23

races,
43
,
55

Snook and,
38
,
49

Edwards Air Force Base,
141

endurance records,
59
,
64

Engle, Connie,
101

English Channel,
16–18
,
20–22

Experimental Aircraft Association Young Eagles,
195

FAA (Federal Aviation Administration),
150–151

FAA General Aviation Operations Inspector Academy course,
151–152

Fairchild Airplane Manufacturing Corporation,
177

Farman airplanes,
13

Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI),
12
,
14

Feminine International Aerobatics Championships,
157

ferrying,
98
,
104

firefighters,
158–160

flight attendants,
133–134

Flight Charities, Inc.,
169

“Flight of Wally Funk, The” (Spiderbait),
149

flight schools.
See also specific names

for African Americans,
31
,
93

rejection of women,
7
,
20
,
25

during war,
35

for women,
7
,
33
,
59

Fly with Me Coloring Book (Smith),
194

Flying Aggies,
150

Focke-Wulf Fw helicopters,
128

Fort, Cornelia,
100

France,
5–6
,
25–26

Frank Phillips Trophy Race,
55

Fuller, Burdett,
62

Funk, Mary Wallace “Wally,”
148–154

awards/achievements,
153

background,
148–150

as flight instructor,
151

safety work,
151–153

Gee Bee airplanes,
106

gender issues

commercial airlines,
76
,
133–135
,
142–143
,
145

in military,
97–102
,
108
,
116
,
142

racing bans,
42
,
55

stereotypes,
2
,
41
,
42
,
69–70
,
72

gender roles,
7
,
126

Gentry, Viola,
59
,
70

Gillis, Beth,
182

Gillis, Helen Fay.
See
Wells, Fay Gillis

Gillis family,
182

Glenn, John,
200

gliders,
127

Gokcen, Sabiha,
118

Golden Eagle airplanes,
63–64

Goldin, Daniel,
201

Good Lion, The,
88–89

Gordon, Lou,
49

Gower, Pauline,
98

Grannis Field Airport,
193

Great Patriotic War,
121

Greaves, Decarla,
195

Greim, Robert Ritter von,
125

Grizodubova, Valentina,
118–124

awards/achievements,
119
,
123

background,
119

long-distance flight,
119–121

Hamel, Gustav,
21

Harlem Airport air show,
91

Harlem Field,
92

Heath, Mary,
87

helicopters,
128
,
187
,
190

Heliopolis air meet,
12

Hell's Angels (film),
136

Hidden Heroine (Rimmerman),
183

High, Wide, and Frightened (Thaden),
59

hot-air balloons,
10
,
174

Howland Island,
47

Hubbard Medal,
42

Hughes, Howard,
136

Hultgreen, Kara Spears,
101

humanitarian work,
167–171
.
See also
charities

Ice, Clyde,
112

Ida Van Smith Flight Club,
192
,
193
,
194

Ingalls, Laura,
55
,
56

International Aviation Tournament,
19

International Children's Emergency Fund tour,
173

International Forest of Friendship,
179–180

International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery, The (TIGHAR),
53

International Women's Air Race,
59–60

Iowa State College,
33

Jacqueline Cochran Cosmetics,
106

Johnson, Amy,
87

Johnson, Lyndon,
151

Kenya Wildlife Service,
158

Kinner Field,
37

Klingensmith, Florence,
74

knickerbocker uniforms,
20

Kwon Ki-ok,
82

Langston, Oklahoma,
28

Larson, Charlotte,
134

Law, Ruth,
14

Lee, Hazel Ling,
81

Leslie's Illustrated Weekly,
19

licenses

commercial,
86
,
92
,
143–144

first female pilots,
6

helicopter,
190

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow,
42

Lindbergh, Charles,
42
,
67–68

Litvyak, Lilya,
122

Lockheed
10
-E Electra,
52

Louise M. Thaden Field,
61

Love, Nancy Harkness,
104

Lowe, Florence Leontine.
See
Barnes, Pancho

Lowe, Thaddeus,
137

Luce, Claire Boothe,
2

Luftwaffe,
128

Mach
1
,
108
,
140

Machine Age,
5

MacRobertson Air Race,
106

Makagonova, Khalide,
120

Manhattan bridges,
68

Marine Corps,
102

Markham, Beryl Clutterbuck,
84–89

air races,
86–87

Atlantic flight,
87–88

background,
85

Markham, Mansfield,
86

Marsalis, Frances,
59

Mawuli, Patricia,
168–169

McIntyre, Dorothy Layne,
93

McPhetridge, Edna,
58

McPhetridge, Louise.
See
Thaden, Louise McPhetridge

McPhetridge, Roy,
58

Medical Bridges,
146

medical flights,
172–173
,
174

Mercury 13 astronauts,
152
,
201

Miles, Rhonda,
120

military.
See also specific programs

female pilots,
97–102
,
103
,
118–119
,
122–123
,
126

racial discrimination,
93
,
94

Mitchell, Nikki,
120

Mock, Geraldine,
51

Moisant, Alfred,
19

Moisant, John,
19

Moisant, Matilde,
19
,
20
,
21

Monroney, Mike,
150

Moon Tree,
180

Motion Picture Pilots Association (MPPA),
134
,
158

Murray, Jennifer,
186–191

awards/achievements,
189

background,
190

charity work,
186
,
191