Florence Lowe "Pancho" Barnes (22 Juli 1901 – 30 Maret 1975) adalah seorang pilot perempuan dalam Women's Air Derby. Ia juga seorang pilot yang mampu memecahkan rekor penerbangan dunia pada tahun 1930.[2] Ia juga nantinya akan menjalankan sebuah restoran dan bar bernama Happy Bottom Riding Club yang lokasinya terletak di Gurun Mojave,[3] yang dimana tempat tersebut terkenal sering dikunjungi oleh para pilot uji coba Pangkalan Angkatan Udara Edwards, termasuk salah satunya, Chuck Yeager.[4]
Referensi
Kutipan
- ^ Foulkes, Debbie. "Pancho Barnes (1901–1975): Pilot, Proprietor, Partier". Forgotten Newsmakers, 2011. Retrieved: August 3, 2013.
- ^ "Florence Lowe (Pancho) Barnes, 69, the eccentric rancher and pilot who broke Amelia Earhart's air speed record in 1930, was found dead Saturday at her home in Boron ... Pancho Barnes was well known both for her pioneer flying career in the ... " Los Angeles Times, March 30, 1975. Retrieved: December 25, 2010.
- ^ "Lassie Visits Pancho." Edwards.af.mil. Retrieved: 2 August 2013.
- ^ "Pancho." chuckyeagar.com. Retrieved: 2 August 2013.
Daftar pustaka
- Gibson, Karen Bush. Women Aviators: 26 Stories of Pioneer Flights. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2013. ISBN 978-1-61374-540-3.
- Pelletier, Alain. High-Flying Women: A World History of Female Pilots. Sparkford, UK: Haynes, 2012. ISBN 978-0-85733-257-8.
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