Louise Thaden
Toronto Daily Star, March 23 1929
Louise Thaden (1905-1979) must have had what Tom Wolfe once called "the right stuff": unlike many of her contemporaries in the early days of aviation, she did not die young in a plane crash.
She retired from competitive flying in 1938. Her memoir was titled High, Wide, and Frightened.
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