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1929 NATIONAL AIR RACES

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A Web page summarizing the participants, aircraft and events of the National Air Races (NAR) for 1929 is at the link. The fifth image down is of Richfield Oil's Fokker F-10 NC5614.

You'll find also Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindbergh, Louise Thaden and Roscoe Turner represented on that page as participants or officials. The 1929 NAR were held at Cleveland, OH.

THE FIRST WOMEN'S DERBY

The NAR for 1929 was the first time women were allowed to compete in that major U.S. air race. A photograph of the twenty female competitors and a route map are exhibited about half way down the page at the link. A number of books have either been specifically written, or refer to, the women's race. A film of the start of the Women's Derby and the particiants frpm August 19, 1929 is at the link.

Below, left to right, Louise Thaden, Gladys O'Donnell and Ruth Nichols on the ground at Parks Airport, August, 1929. The photograph is from the St. Lous University Digital Collection (SLU). Note the oil splattered on Gladys' helmet. The SLU identifies the date of the photograph as as August 1, 1929, but the women didn't depart Santa Monica, CA for Cleveland until August 18th.

Louise Thaden, Gladys O'Donnell & Ruth Nichols, August, 1929 (Source: SLU)
Louise Thaden, Gladys O'Donnell & Ruth Nichols, August, 1929 (Source: SLU)

 

Title Louise Thaden (left)Gladys O'Donnell and Ruth Nichols (right) who participated in the All-Woman Transcontinental Air Race
Creator Unknown creator
St. Louis University
Subject Parks College of Saint Louis University (Cahokia, Ill.)
Thaden, Louise, 1906-
O'Donnell, Gladys
Nichols, Ruth, 1901-1960
Women air pilots
Powder Puff Derby
Description Louise Thaden (left)Gladys O'Donnell and Ruth Nichols (right) were three participants in the first Women's Transcontinental Air Race, that stopped off at ParksAir College on the seventh day of the 9-day derbyThaden would take 1st placeO'Donnell 2nd and Nichols would crash during take-off on the last day. She was unharmed, but her accident would cause Amelia Earhart to go from 1st place to 3rd in the contest(August 1929) [Print scanned from Henry SchnittgerPhoto CollectionPHO 63.0.3-3]
Original Date 1929-08-01

 

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