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Elinor Smith (August 17, 1911 – March 19, 2010) was a pioneering American aviator, [1] once known as "The Flying Flapper of Freeport". [2] She was the first woman test pilot for both Fairchild and Bellanca (now AviaBellanca ). [ 3 ]
Mar 19, 2018 · Today in Women’s Transportation History – 2010: The Flying Flapper of Freeport Takes Her Last Flight. Trailblazing aviator Elinor Smith died in Palo Alto, California, at the age of 98. She was born Elinor Regina Patricia Ward in 1911 in New York City.
Mar 27, 2010 · Elinor Smith was a pioneering female aviator who broke records, did daredevil stunts and made headlines as the “The Flying Flapper of Freeport.”
Oct 8, 2018 · Elinor Smith slips her Waco biplane below the Manhattan Bridge during her stunning 1928 flight under all four East River bridges. Courtesy of Aviation Museum, NY. Just two months after Elinor...
Aug 19, 2015 · Elinor Smith before attempting the women’s looping record, 1930. Elinor Smith was born on August 17, 1911, and lived a long and fascinating life. Over the course of her 98 years, she set multiple flying records and was voted Best Female Pilot in the country by her peers.
Set Woman’s World Speed Record of 190.8 miles per hour in 1929 in a Curtiss Falcon over a closed course, Motor Parkway, Long Island. In 1930, Elinor Smith received one of the greatest honors in her life when she was voted the best woman pilot in the United States.
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Mar 31, 2010 · Elinor Smith Sullivan, 98, one of the world’s earliest and most renowned female pilots, died of kidney failure at Palo Alto’s Lytton Gardens March 19.
