Marvel Crosson and the Powder Puff Derby

Marvel Crosson and the Powder Puff Derby (access required)

By Jane Eppinga

Published: April 1, 2010 at 8:11 pm

Women had been flying airplanes since the early days of aviation, and by 1928, they had also piloted balloons, parachuted out of disabled planes, served as their own mechanics, set altitude and speed records, wing-walked and barnstormed. But they hadn't yet raced airplanes.

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