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The participants

1. Barnes, Florence “ Pancho” (Derby participant) 37, 42-43, 49, 64, 77, 81-82, 88, 93, (1901-1975) 106-108, 134, 149-150, 206-209

2. Crosson, Marvel (Derby participant) 8, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 47, 49, 60, 63, 64, (1900-1929) 65, 69-70, 78, 105-106, 113, 114, 117- 118, 128, 136, 142, 143, 153, 186, 201, 209-211

3. Earhart, Amelia (Derby participant) 23, 25, 30, 46, 47, 48, 56, 64, 65, 73, 77, (1897-1937) 84, 85, 106, 119, 122, 133-134, 140, 156-157, 168, 178, 185-186, 197, 211- 218, 231

4. Elder, Ruth (Derby participant) 19, 44, 45, 47, 56, 84, 94, 95, 109, 134, (1903-1977) 167, 176, 178, 195, 218-219

5. Fahy, Claire Mae (Derby participant) 60, 98-101, 110, 113, 142, 156, 220 (unknown-1930)

6. Foltz, Edith Margalis (Derby participant) 64, 65, 77, 94, 135, 136, 137-138, 156, (1905-1956) 186, 189, 195, 220-222

7. Haizlip, Mary 22, 23, 24, 27, 34, 53, 65, 82, 101, 147- (1910-1997) 148, 163, 167, 178, 179, 187, 222-225

8. Keith-Miller, Jessie “Chubbie” (Australian participant) 60, 78, 83, 84, 119, 126, 178, 186, 189, (1901-1972) 225-228

9. Kunz, Opal (socialite wife, Derby participant) 72, 73, 84, 95, 126-127, 228-230 (1896-1967)

10. Nichols, Ruth (participant in Derby) 47, 148-149, 186, 194-195, 230-235 (1901-1960)

11. Noyes, Blanche (pilot, participant in Powder Puff Derby) 32, 46, 49, 64, 127-128, 150-152, 163, (1900-1981) 180, 195, 235-237

12. O’Donnell, Gladys (Derby participant) 63, 78, 118, 119, 134, 139-140, 155- (1904-1973) 156, 167, 176, 178, 186, 195, 197, 237- 238

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14. Paris, Neva (Derby participant) 84 (Derby participant) 84, 177, 180, (unknown – 1930) 211, 240-241

15. Perry, Margaret (Derby participant) 90, 141, 156, 163, 241-243 (unknown – 1951)

16. Rasche, Thea (Derby participant) 49, 50, 60, 82, 94, 111-112, 140-141, ((1899-1971) 142, 171-172, 178, 180, 186, 243

17. Thaden, Louise (Derby participant) 3-6, 7, 9-16, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 47, 49, (1905-1979) 50, 64, 71, 72, 78, 94. 95-98, 108-109, 118, 121-122, 123-124, 128, 133-134, 139, 140, 142, 143, 148-149, 153, 162, 170-171, 176, 186, 187-188, 195, 196, 197, 211, 243-249

18. Trout, Evelyn ‘Bobbi’ (participant in Derby) 47, 74-76, 78, 83, 84, 110-111, 113, 140, (1906-2003) 163, 164-166, 170, 180, 187, 189, 195- 196, 202, 249-252

19. Von Mach, Mary (Air Derby participant) 76, 77, 85, 101, 119, 168, 178, 251-252 (1896-1980)

20. Walker, Vera Dawn (Derby participant) 85-87, 93, 95, 119, 122, 124-126, 127, (1897-1978) 155, 161, 167, 252-254

Withdrew Waters, Mabel (pilot, withdrew from Derby) 34 Crawford, Marjorie (pilot, withdrew from Derby) 34 Willis, Patty (pilot, withdrew from Derby) 34

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General

Acosta, Aida de (Cuban-American pilot of dirigible) xii-xiii Aero Reclaiming Company (founder, Bobbi Trout) 251 Aerol Trophy, NAA (National Aeronautic Association) 237 Aeronautical Corporation of America (Aeronca) 188 Aero-Valley Airport (founded by Edna Gardner Whyte) 277 Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA, WWII) 221, 260 Akasheh, Tagareed (Muslim pilot) 273 Akita ( flown by Ruth Nichols) 233 Alexander Bullet 227 Alexander Eaglerock Bullet 64, 94-95 Memorial Scholarship program 242 American Eagle airplane 25, 27 American Girl (Stinson Detroiter aircraft of Ruth Elder’s) 44, 176, 218 American Legion Air meet, September 1930 230 Armstrong Wax 289 Arnold, Hap 224 Art Goebel Flying School 177 Auriol, Jacqueline 280 Avro Avian aircraft 228 Avron Avion (aircraft) 60 AWTAR 289 Ayers, Dr. L. W. (local air race chairman) 82, 156 Bach, Tri motor 135 Bannerjee, Durba 273 Barnes, Rankin 41, 208 Barnes, William Emmert (son of Pancho Barnes) 42, 208, 209 Beech Staggerwing 224 Beech, Suzanne (daughter of Walter and Olive Ann) 279 Beech, Walter (aircraft manufacturer) 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20, 48 49, 57, 58, 59, 64, 175, 211, 246 Beeckman, Bitsy (character, Steve Canyon) 290 Bell Aircraft Corporation 62 Bell Huey 280 Bendix air race, 1936 236 Bera, Fran 289, 290 Betsy Ross Corps (founded by Ethel Kunz) 230 Bixby, Dianna 288 Bjornson, Bonnie 273 Black Thursday (stock market crash) 22 Bland, Lilian (of Belfast, aviation designer) xii Bleriot monoplane xiii Blum, Pat (pilot) 283 Bone, R. O. 74 Boyd, Al (Edwards AFB commander) 207 Brell, Doris Renninger 281 The Powder Puff Derby of 1929 . Gene Nora Jessen. Sourcebooks, Inc. 2002 4

Brier, Evelyn “Pinky” 276 Brier, Joe 276 Brown, Margery (contemporary woman pilot) 240, 257 Buhl Aircraft 224 Bullet, Alexander Eaglerock (see Alexander Eagle Rock) Bureau of Air Commerce 272 Burford Oil Company 152 Burke, John ( mechanic) 187, 210 Burnham, Walter (aviation designer) 206 Burroughs, Edgar Rice 63 Byrd, Richard (polar explorer) 22 CAA (Civil Aeronautics Authority) 259 Caniff, Milton (cartoonist, Steve Canyon) 290 Carter, Amon G. 161-162 Carter, Anne Shaw (Whirly Girl #2) 280 Caterpillar Club (parachutists) 55 Cessna, Clyde (farmer turned aircraft designer) 57 Challenger Curtiss Robin (airplane) 251 Chamberlin, Clarence (mentor of Ruth Nichols) 232, 233 Champ, Walter Jr. (married to Ruth Elder) 178 Chicken of the Sea Tuna 289 Chute, Roger 42 Cincinnati Enquirer newspaper 189 Civil Air Patrol 234 Clarke, Haydn (ghost writer) 228 Cleveland Aeronautical Exposition 185 Cleveland Air Races 6 Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper 198 Clover Field, Santa Monica, CA 19, 31, 32, 53, 77 Cobb, Jerrie (Mercury 13) 286 Cochran, Jacqueline 221, 222, 224, 260, 262, 263, 288 Coleman, Bessie (American pilot) xiv Collier Trophy, 1930 235 Collins, Eileen (astronaut) 201, 287 Colt for Kim project 264 Commercial Aircraft Corporation 250 Coolidge, Callvin (President) 218 Cooper, Edna May (actress) 251 Cooper, Larry (husband of Margaret Perry) 241 Copeland, Frank 128 Copeland, Frank D. (Women’s derby race director) 172 Cord automobile 238 Crane, Jacob (Pancho Barnes pseudonym) 42 Crosley, Powell Jr. (President of Crosley radio corporation) 231 Crosson, Joe (brother of Marvel) 28, 120, 211 Curtiss Carrier Pigeon 250 Curtiss Challenger engine 47 The Powder Puff Derby of 1929 . Gene Nora Jessen. Sourcebooks, Inc. 2002 5

Curtiss JN-4N “Jenny” 29 Curtiss N-9 Seaplane 28 Curtiss Robin Challenger aircraft 84 Curtiss Thrush aircraft 246 Curtiss, Glenn (American aviator and inventor) xiii Curtiss-Wright Corporation 8, 57, 87 CW class (type of airplane) 58 Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics 20 Dawn (Frances Grayson’s plane) 45 De Bernardi, Fiorenza (Italian pilot) 273 De Havilland Gypsy Moth 50 De la Cierva, Juan (designer, autogyro) 234 Disney, Walt 22 Dix, Richard (actor) 218 Dixie Derby, 1930 238, 253 Dobbins, Caroline 41 Dobbins, Florence Mae 41 Dole race to Hawaii 44 Doolittle, James, Lieutenant 30, 55, 207, 208, 222 Doran, Mildred (died during Dole race) 44 Doughterty, Dora (WASP) 262 Douglas Aircraft factory 19, 62 Dusenbury, Susan Louise (DC-9 Captain, Airborne Express) 248 Dutrieu, Helene (Belgium’s first licensed pilot) xii Eagleock (airplane) 58 Eckener, Dr. (of Zeppelin Corp) 104 Edison, Thomas, Mrs. (wife of Tom Edison) 73 Edwards Air Force Base 207 El-Nadi, Lofta (first Arab woman to learn to fly) 284 Enterprise (Thaddeus Lowe’s balloon) 39 Erickson, Barbara (WASP) 262 Extra 260 282 Fahy, Herbert J. (Lt, husband of Clare Fahy) 60, 98-99, 113, 156 FAI (Federation Aeronautique Internationale) 233 Fairchild Airplane and Engine Company 47 Faulkner, Dean (brother of William) 239 Faulkner, William (author) 239 Federation Aeronautic Internationale xi Fleet, Reuben (airplane designer and manufacturer) 226 Fly Field, Yuma, AZ 112 Flying Fool, The (movie) 81 Fokker Trimotor 46 Foltz, Richard (son of Edith Foltz) 221 Folzup suit 77 206 Fort, Cornelia (WAFS) 261 Fort-Worth Star Telegram newspaper 162 The Powder Puff Derby of 1929 . Gene Nora Jessen. Sourcebooks, Inc. 2002 6

Fox Court Street Theater, San Bernadino, CA 71 Foy, Loretta 281 Funny Face (musical by George Gershwin) 21 Gael, Victor (Deputy Sheriff) 128 Gagarin, Yuri 230 Gee Bee racer 222 General Electric Company 30 Gentry, Viola (contemporary pilot) 74 Gershwin, George (musical composer) 21 Giberson, Ed and Martha 228 Gibson, Hoot (cowboy actor) 63, 218 Gillies, Betty (contemporary pilot) 261 Gilmore (Roscoe turner’s lion) 4, 185 Gilmore Oil Company 251 Glasson, Pauline 290 Glorifying the American Girl (movie starring Ruth Elder) 218 Godwin, Linda (astronaut) 201 Goebel, Colonel Art (Dole mainland to Hawaii race winner) 175 Golden Eagle Chief 249 Goodyear Zeppelin company 89 Gordon, Louis “Slim” 46 Graf Zeppelin (dirigible) 87, 111, 143, 181, 197 Granger, Clema (owner, Clover Field) 19, 34 Granger, Jim (owner, Clover Field) 19 Grayson, Frances (disappears after December 23, 1927) 44, 45 Grounding women in childbirth/period 135-136 Grumman OV-1B (Mohawk) 279 Guest, Mrs. Amy Phipps 46 Haizlip, Jim 23 Haizlip, Jimmy 207, 224 Haldeman, George 44, 45 Haliburton, Erle P. (Oklahoman oilman) 129, 167-168, 172, 186 Happy Bottom Riding Club, The 208 Harmon Trophy 247 Harmon, Clifford 258 Harrel, Frances (contemporary woman pilot) 240 Harris, Harold (Lieutenant), US Air Corps 55 Hart, Marion Rice (pilot) 269, 270 Hawks, Frank (aviator) 207 Heath, Lady Mary (pilot, contemporary) 34, 226, 265 Heinkel seaplane 30 Hell’s Angels (Howard Hughes movie) 207 Henderson, Cliff (air race promoter) 6 Herbert Hoover (Secretary of Commerce at this time) 56 High, Wide and Frightened (biography of Louise Thaden) 247 Hill, Pete (Beech test pilot) 153, 210 Hill, Pete Jr. 158, 207, 210 The Powder Puff Derby of 1929 . Gene Nora Jessen. Sourcebooks, Inc. 2002 7

Himbler, Bert (Avro factory test pilot) 61 Hindenberg 224 Hisso Travel Air (Hispano Suisa engine) 10 Holland Submarine Torpedo Boat Company 270 Holm, Jeanne (Colonel) 275 Holman, “Speed” 206 Howard, Jean Ross (helicopter pilot) 280 Hubble, Edwin (American astronomer) 22 Hughes, Howard 60, 96, 207, 224 Hultreen, Kara (Lt., naval aviator) 275 Hurricane Hunters 277 Ida Van Smith Flight Clubs 283 Ingalls, Laura (contemporary pilot) 258 Inland Sport airplane 253 Irvin Parachute Factory 55 Irvin, Leslie (designer of Army parachutes) 55 ISA+21 272 J.H. Turner Coal Company 4 Jayne, Marion (air racer) 283 Jazz, Singer, The (first talkie) 22 Jenkins, Pat 281 Jessie Woods (American barnstormer) xiv Jet Propulsion Laboratory 287 Johnson, Evelyn Bryan (flight instructor) 284 Johnson, Amy (Mollison) (British pilot) 260, 265 Johnson, President Lyndon 268 Jolson, Al (actor) 22 Just Plane Crazy (autobiography of Bobbi Trout) 251 Kaesar (Swiss ocean flyer) 143 Kansas City Star newspaper 178 Kern & Hammerstein (composers) 21 Kim, Kyung O. (Korean pilot) 264 King, Martha 278 King, Ralph (Hollywood cameraman) 219 Kinner 5 engine 65, 137, 164 Kipp, Brian 276 Klingensmith, Florence 222 KLM Airlines 265 Kunz, Dr. George Frederick (gemologist) 72, 229 L-19 aircraft 264 Laird Swallow (aircraft) 57 Laird, Matty (civilian aircraft manufacturer) 57 Lambert Field, St. Louis 180 Lancaster, Bill (Captain, RAF) 60, 225 Langher, Doris (pilot) 274 Laroche, Raymonde de (first woman to earn license) xi, xii Law, Ruth (American pilot) xiii, xiv The Powder Puff Derby of 1929 . Gene Nora Jessen. Sourcebooks, Inc. 2002 8

Lienesch, Carl 65 Lienesch, Carl (race director) 253 Lincoln, Abraham (President) 40 Lindbergh, Anne Morrow 171 Lindbergh, Charles 20, 44, 56, 87, 171, 200, 220, 259 Little Stinker (Betty Skelton’s Pitts Special) 282 Livingston, Arlo 281 Livingston, J. C. (Deputy sheriff) 128 Livingston, Nancy (helicopter pilot) 281 Lockheed Express monoplane 258 Lockheed F-104 G Starfighter 262 Lockheed Jetstar 262 Lockheed Sirius (aircraft) 220 Lockheed Vega 21, 30 Logan, Floyd (race organizer) 82 Los Angeles (Navy dirigible) 30-31, 170 Love, Nancy Harkness 261 Lovelace, Dr. Randolph 286 Loveland, Roelif (reporter, Cleveland Plain Dealer) 199 Lowe, Thaddeus Sobieski Constantine 37-39, 40 Lucid, Shannon (astronaut) 287 Lunken Aiport 189 Lunken family 188 Luscher (Swiss ocean flyer) 143 Mac Robertson Air Race 243 Mack, R. H. 71, 72 Manser, Harold (2 nd husband of Margaret Perry) 242 March Field 87 Markham, Beryl 278 May Company department store) 75 Mayo Hotel, Wichita 168 McFarland, Irene (1 st member, Caterpillar Club) 55 McPhetridge, Alice (Louise Thaden’s sister) 9 McQueen, Elizabeth L. (founder of WIAA) 6 Mellor, Olive Ann (Mrs. Walter Beech) 58, 175 Messner, Glenn 26 Metropolitan Airport, Los Angeles 250 Mickey Mouse 22 Midland Reporter-Telegraph newspaper 142 Miss Memphis (Poebe Omlie’s Monocoupe) 238 Mitchell, Billy (Army Air Corps pilot) 56 Mix, Tom (actor) 85 Mix, Tom (Western actor) 252 Mock, Jerrie (American pilot) 266 Moisant, Mathilde (American pilot) xiii Monocoupe (aircraft) 25 Montgolfier Diploma 285 The Powder Puff Derby of 1929 . Gene Nora Jessen. Sourcebooks, Inc. 2002 9

Moon, Verne 72 Mooney, Al (designer, Eaglerock aircraft) 64 Moorman, Dorothea (WASP) 262 Morgan, Gilbert (witness of Thea Rasche’s landing) 112 Moth Aircraft Corporation 50, 112 Mouton, E.E. (check pilot for Louise Thaden) 5 Myers, Carl E. (American aeronautical engineer) xi Myers, Donna (wing walker) 271 Myers, Johnny 271 Myers, Mary (wife of Carl and his balloon test pilot) xi Mystery Ship model R 8, 64, 175, 206 NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) 64 Naftzger, Mrs. M.C. 172 31, 253 National Exchange Club (men’s service club) 6, 34, 37, 47, 48, 172 Nazi party 22 New York American newspaper 128 New York Philharmonic 22 New York Stock Exchange 22 New York Times and its electric sign in Times Square 22 New York Times Pictorial magazine 28 Ninety-nines, the 211, 220 Nolde, Fran (pilot) 288 Noonan, Fred 214 Northrop T-38 jet 262 Noyes, Dewey (Noyes’ husband) 151, 235 O’Donnell, Lloyd (husband of Gladys) 238 Oklahoma Aviation Hall of Fame 225 Omlie, Vernon (husband of Phoebe) 238 Owen, Lynn 139-140 Page, Tony (newspaperwoman) 277 Paneok, Ellen (Alaskan pilot) 277 Panther McClatchie Rocker Armless Engine 253 Parachute usage 55 Parks Air College 179, 251 Parks, Oliver Lafayette “Lafe” 179, 180, 252 Peabody Hotel, Memphis 238 Pellegreni, Ann (pilot) 268 Percival Vega Gull airctaft 278 Piper Aztec 266 Piper Comanche 260 266 Pitcairn autogyro 235 Pitcairn, Harold (designer, autogyro) 235 Post, Wiley (American aviator) 4, 31, 33, 65, 85, 87, 122, 211 Powder Puff Derby races 222 Pugh, John (airline pilot) 228 Purdue University 213 The Powder Puff Derby of 1929 . Gene Nora Jessen. Sourcebooks, Inc. 2002 10

Putnam, George Palmer (G. P.) 46, 212 Quimby, Harriiet (American pilot) xiii Radio altimeter 30 Raiche, Bessica (American pilot) xiii Rawdon, Herb (aviation designer) 206 Rearwin (Ruth Nichol’s plane) 193 Rearwin, Ken-Royce model 3-place open cockpit biplane 47 Red Rose (Avron Avion of Jessie Keith Miller and Bill Lancaster) 60-61 Reitsch, Hanna (German test pilot) 263, 280 Relief Wings (founded by Ruth Nichols) 234 Richey, Helen 247, 271 Ride, Sally (US astronaut) 287 Rockefeller, John D. 235 Rogers, Will 31, 50, 52, 66, 84-85, 87, 143, 162, 211 RON (remain over night – terminology) 12, 120, 140 Roosevelt Field, Long Island 231 Roosevelt, Eleanor 238 Roosevelt, Franklin 25, 216, 238 Ropin Fool, The (movie starring Will Rogers) 31 Ruhnke, Gerda (pilot) 284 Rutan, Dick 285 Ruth, Babe 21 Sacchi Air Ferry Enterprises (SAFE) 269 Sacchi, Louise (American pilot) 269 Sanders, Dottie 289 Santa Monica Municipal Golf Course 19 Santos-Dumont, Alberto (aviation designer and pilot) xii Schafly, Phylis 238 Scott, Blanche Stuart (American pilot) xiii Scott, Sheila (British pilot) 266 Senft, Mary (Coloradan pilot) 222 Shamburger, Page (author and pilot) 277 Sheldon, Ruby (helicopter pilot) 279 Shell 100 octane aviation gasoline 94 Shell Oil Company 207 Shirley, Donna 287 Showboat (musical by Kern & Hammerstein) 21 Sikorsky Amphibian 45 Sikorsky H-19 280 Skelton, Betty 282 Sky Harbor Airport, Arizona 114, 121 Skylarks (founded by Gladys O’Donnell) 238 Sloan Field, Midland, Texas 152 Smith, Eleanor (contemporary pilot) 250 Smith, Joan Merriam (American pilot) 267 Snow, Stephen 276 Spartan Aircraft 224 The Powder Puff Derby of 1929 . Gene Nora Jessen. Sourcebooks, Inc. 2002 11

Speed Wing Travel Air (Crosson’s plane) 28 Speedwing airplane 43 St. James Episcopal Church, South Pasadena 41 St. Valentine’s Day Massacre 22 Staggerwing Club 247 Staggerwing Museum, Tullahoma, Tennessee 247 Steadman, B 289 Stearman, Lloyd (aircraft designer) 57 Steffens Ice Cream Company 172 Steinberger, Joan 290 Stinson, Katherine (American pilot) xiii-xiv, 231 Stinson, Katherine (different than original) 279 Stone, Fred 116 Stultz, Wilmer (engineer for Frances Grayson) 45, 46 Sunbeam biplane 250 Swallow airplane 19 Taft, Robert A. 188 Taperwing Waco (plane of Gladys O’Donnell) 134, 236 Teraschova, Valentina (Russian astronaut) 287 Texas Jack’s Wild West Circus 31 Thaden, Bill (son of Louise) 247 Thaden, Herb (Louise’s husband) 5, 190, 198 Thible, Madame (ascended in balloon, 1784) xi Thompson Trophy Race 20 Thompson, Charles E. 20 Thompson, Chief Deputy District Attorney 141-142, 156 Tibbets, Jr. Paul (Colonel, pilot Enola Gay) 262 Tiburzi, Bonnie 273 Tier, Nancy 217 To Tell the Truth (Ruth Nichols appears on) 233 Tomkins, Mimi (pilot) 273 Toscanini (maestro) 21-22 Transair Limited 273 Travel Air 3000 (bi-wing) 3 Travel Air 4000 244 Travel Air Company (owned by Walter Beech) 4, 7, 8, 9, 57 Travel Air Model 6000 10 Turner, J. H. (Thaden’s boss) 4 Turner, Roscoe (American aviator) 4, 20-21, 171, 185 Tyndall, Lt. 55 UNICEF 234 Union Oil Company 65, 207 United Airlines 135 US-Canadian Arctic Ice Dynamics Joint Experiment 280 Van Smith, Ida 283 Van Zandt, William A. (father of Opal Kunz) 228 Voisin biplane xi The Powder Puff Derby of 1929 . Gene Nora Jessen. Sourcebooks, Inc. 2002 12

Von Koenig-Warthausen, F. K., Baron 140-141 Von Thaden, Louise McPhetidge (byline, Wichita Eagle ) 142 Voyager (Rutan craft) 286 Waco taperwing aircraft 220 WAFS 260 Wagstaff, Patty (aerobatic pilot) 282 Walton, Nancy Bird (Australian pilot) 264 Ward, W. A. (game warden) 166 Warner, Emily Howell 271 Washington Dulles Airport 284 Webb, Pat Thaden (Louise Thaden’s daughter) 247 Wedell-Williams racer 222 Wellesley College 194 Wells, Fay Gillis 217, 240 West Coast air Transport Line 220 West, Carolyn (pilot) 288 Western Air (airline) 135 Western Air Express 220 Westinghouse Electric 30 Whirly Girls (helicopter organization) 280 Whyte, Edna Garner (pilot) 277 Wichita Eagle newspaper 142, 143, 169, 187, 200 Will Rogers National Airport, Oklahoma City, OK 248 Wilson, Gill Robb (poet) 218 Winnie Mae (Wiley Post’s Lockheed Vega) 33, 65 Wolf, Connie (pilot) 285 Women’s Air Reserve (founded by Pancho Barnes) 207, 230 Women’s International Association of Aeronautics 6 Woods, Jimmie (American barnstormer) xiv Woodstock, Hughes 300 helicopter of Pat Jenkins 281 World Cruisers (aircraft) 62 Wright Engine Company 227 Wright J5 engine 15 Wright model J-6-7 engine 27 Wright Whirlwind engine 30 Wright, Orville 5 Yaeger, Chuck 87, 207 Yarbrough, Dub (of Staggerwing Club) 248 Yeager, Jeana 285 Yuma Morning Sun (reporting Crosson’s death) 117 Ziegfeld, Florenz 32, 218 Ziegfield’s Midnight Frolic 32 Zonta International 211