Almost to the day 50 years ago, Evelyn (Rackleff) Lohr, of Lebanon, prepared to participate in her first Powder Puff Derby, an air race across the continent. She was the first Oregon member of The ...

"Flight is abiding peace.... It is a spirit totally free," wrote Derby winner Louise Thaden, setting the tone for this fascinating history of the first women's transcontinental air race from Santa ...

Hollywood made a movie about the National Women’s Air Derby, a 1929 air race that included a stop in Fort Worth. Courtesy Richard Selcer The first women-only air race was held in 1929. Men had been ...

GRAND FORKS – For the first time, Grand Forks will serve as the start city for the 46th annual Air Race Classic. The race will begin on Tuesday, June 20. Grace Heron — who is triple majoring in ...

In one of the busiest times in the life of Rochester’s Lobb Field airport, dozens of airplanes landed and took off within a matter of hours on Sunday and Monday, July 5 and 6, 1959. The small planes ...

The first Women’s Air Derby was flown in 1929 with brave women making history by breaking into a competition that was thought to be for men only. They encountered sabotage, death, and all the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Packing for a trip is ...

GRAND FORKS — For the first time, Grand Forks will serve as the starting point for the 46th annual Air Race Classic. The race begins Tuesday, June 20. This year’s pilot for UND’s Frozen Force Air Race ...