Helen Richey
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Helen Richey was a pioneering female aviator and the first woman to be hired as a pilot by a commercial airline in the United States.
Richey in 1929
"Outdoor Girl" after the record flight
A Curtiss Robin flown by Dale Jackson and Forest O'Brine being refueled by a Curtiss Thrush during another flight endurance record in 1929.
Bendix Trophy
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The Bendix Trophy is a U.S. aeronautical racing trophy. The transcontinental, point-to-point race, sponsored by industrialist Vincent Bendix founder of Bendix Corporation, began in 1931 as part of the
The original Bendix Trophy on display at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.