![Image of : Beech C17R Staggerwing; Bendix, Vincent; Noyes, Blanche Wilcox; Thaden, Iris Louise McPhetridge; Events, Air Expositions, Meets, Races, Shows, and Special Flights, 1936 Los Angeles, CA, Bendix Trophy Race. [photograph]](https://airandspace.si.edu/sites/default/files/images/collection-objects/record-images/NASM-SI-83-2126.jpg "Beech C17R Staggerwing; Bendix, Vincent; Noyes, Blanche Wilcox; Thaden, Iris Louise McPhetridge; Events, Air Expositions, Meets, Races, Shows, and Special Flights, 1936 Los Angeles, CA, Bendix Trophy Race. [photograph]")
Display Status:
This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Collection Item Summary:
Louise Thaden, Vincent Bendix, and Blanche Noyes standing behind the left wing of Thaden and Noyes' Beechcraft C17R Staggerwing (s/n 15835), Los Angeles. On September 4, 1936, Thaden and Noyes won the Bendix National Transcontinental Air Race with a time of 14 hours, 55 minutes, and 1 second.
Collection Item Long Description:
Topic
- Aeronautics - competitions
- Bendix Trophy Race
- Women air pilots
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum Archives
Restrictions & Rights
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Date
9/4/1936
Repository Loc.
National Air and Space Museum, Archives Division, MRC 322, Washington, DC, 20560
Type
Photographs
Local number
NASM-00196738
