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East Lynne. (1931 film) East Lynne is a 1931 American pre-Code film version of Ellen Wood 's eponymous 1861 novel, which was adapted by Tom Barry and Bradley King and directed by Frank Lloyd. (The adaptation was sufficiently different from Wood's original novel that the screenplay was in turn novelized for a Grosset and Dunlap Photoplay Edition ...
Apr 5, 2024 · September 1927 - Age 16, Elinor was the youngest person in the U.S. to receive a pilot's license (Orville Wright signed her license). October 1928 - Age 17, (on a dare) Elinor flew under all four bridges on New York's East River (a feat no other pilot has ever accomplished).
Oct 9, 2018 · Smith had yet to fly unattended, but at age 15 — having already learned complicated maneuvers, including forced landings on narrow strips of beach — she heard of two 17-year-old girls in California who took solo flights. Wanting to prove herself, Smith begged her mother to let her fly alone.
May 26, 2019 · Long Island History. How LI teen Elinor Smith flew into history. Elinor Smith smiling from the cabin of her plane after breaking the women's altitude record over Roosevelt Field around...
Smith (right) with Helen Hicks around 1928-1930 in Farmingdale, New York. Elinor Smith (August 17, 1911 – March 19, 2010) was a pioneering American aviator, once known as "The Flying Flapper of Freeport". She was the first woman test pilot for both Fairchild and Bellanca (now AviaBellanca).
Mar 24, 2010 · A record-setting aviation pioneer died earlier this month. Elinor Smith was one of the most daring pilots of the 1920s. And in 1934, she became the first woman featured on the back of a...
From 1930 to 1935, Smith worked as a radio commentator on aviation events for NBC. After retiring from flying, Elinor Smith worked to preserve the history of Long Island aviation. She was a founding member of the Long Island Early Fliers and promoted the creation of an aviation museum on Long Island. In 1960, she piloted a T-33 jet trainer at ...
