June 11, 2012
Amelia Earhart in front of her first airplane, a Kinner Airster, c. 1921

Amelia Earhart in front of her first airplane, a Kinner Airster, c. 1921

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June 11, 2012
Photograph by Harris & Ewing, 1939 Chinese Aviatrix receives gift of new plane from Col. Roscoe Turner. Washington, D.C., April 3. Col. Roscoe Turner, winner of speed trophies in the air, dropped down to Washington Airport today with a red high wing monoplane which he presented to the friends of New China, represented by Miss Hilds Yen, Chinese Aviatrix. The plane, ‘the Spirit of New China’, was built by the Porterfield factory.

Photograph by Harris & Ewing, 1939

Chinese Aviatrix receives gift of new plane from Col. Roscoe Turner. Washington, D.C., April 3. Col. Roscoe Turner, winner of speed trophies in the air, dropped down to Washington Airport today with a red high wing monoplane which he presented to the friends of New China, represented by Miss Hilds Yen, Chinese Aviatrix. The plane, ‘the Spirit of New China’, was built by the Porterfield factory.

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June 11, 2012
Soldiers of the Sky by Nickolas Muray, 1940

Soldiers of the Sky by Nickolas Muray, 1940

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