Louise Thaden and Blanche Noyes Take The Prize

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September 4, 1936 Louise Thaden and Blanche Noyes became the first women to win the Bendix Trophy, flying from New York to Los Angeles in 14 hours and 55 minutes in a Beechcraft model C-17R “Staggerwing,” beating a full field of male pilots.