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- Air Pilot Louise McPhetridge Thaden, Holder of the Women's Altitude Record, 1928 - Louise Thaden earned her pilot's license in 1928 while working in sales for Travel Air Corporation. Thaden set the women's altitude record that December at 20,260 feet. She won the inaugural Women's Air Derby in 1929. At the 1936 Bendix Transcontinental Race -- the first in which women were allowed to compete against men -- Thaden and co-pilot Blanche Noyes took first place.
- December 01, 1928
- Collections - Artifact
Air Pilot Louise McPhetridge Thaden, Holder of the Women's Altitude Record, 1928
Louise Thaden earned her pilot's license in 1928 while working in sales for Travel Air Corporation. Thaden set the women's altitude record that December at 20,260 feet. She won the inaugural Women's Air Derby in 1929. At the 1936 Bendix Transcontinental Race -- the first in which women were allowed to compete against men -- Thaden and co-pilot Blanche Noyes took first place.