The Powder Puff Derby of 1929 . Gene Nora Jessen. Sourcebooks, Inc. 2002 1 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 13. Omlie, Phoebe 25, 26-27, 34, 49, 71, 78, 88, 93, 136, (1903-1975) 140, 163, 178, 186, 211, 238-239, 231 The Powder Puff Derby of 1929 . Gene Nora Jessen. Sourcebooks, Inc. 2002 2 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 The Powder Puff Derby of 1929 . Gene Nora Jessen. Sourcebooks, Inc. 2002 3 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 (Lockheed Vega flown by Ruth Nichols) 233 Alexander Bullet 227 Alexander Eaglerock Bullet 64, 94-95 Amelia Earhart 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 (Travel Air 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 Ford trimotor 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.