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:
Portrait of pilot Louise Thaden (1905-1979) in old age, holding her 1936 Bendix National Transcontinental Air Race trophy, which she and Blanche Noyes won in a Beechcraft C17R Staggerwing, (s/n 15835). Circa 1975.
Collection Item Long Description:
Topic
- Aeronautics - competitions
- Bendix Trophy Race
- Women air pilots