katherine stinson
Remember When: Planes Raced Against Cars At The Sheepshead Bay Racetrack
Katherine Stinson races her plane against Dario Resta's automobile(Courtesy of historyans.wordpress.com)Katherine Stinson, aka “The Flying Schoolgirl”, was one of America’s first female pilots, having earned her pilot’s license in 1912 after only four hours of classes. Below are newspaper excerpts from just