Trout, Evelyn

Trout, Evelyn
▪ 2004
“Bobbi” 
      American aviator (b. Jan. 7, 1906, Greenup, Ill.—d. Jan. 24, 2003, La Jolla, Calif.), counted having been the first woman to fly an all-night route among her many women's flight endurance and altitude records. She was the last survivor of the pilots who in 1929 took part in the first National Women's Air Derby, which Will Rogers dubbed the “Powder Puff Derby.”

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