Breaking Through The Clouds: The First Women's National Air Derby

Tue, Mar 3 2:30 P.M. Breaking Through The Clouds: The First Women's National Air Derby     NH World (11.3)

In August of 1929 twenty women pulled on britches, snapped on goggles and climbed into their cockpits to race across the country.

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