Thaden, Iris Louise McPhetridge; Bendix Air Race Trophy, 1936. [photograph]

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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

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum Archives

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Date

Circa 1975

Repository Loc.

National Air and Space Museum, Archives Division, MRC 322, Washington, DC, 20560

Type

Photographs

Local number

NASM-00196777

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