Archive for January 25th, 2011
25th January
2011
An unconscious girl slumped in the cockpit of a tiny monoplane as it soared five miles above Lindbergh Field was believed today to have achieved a new altitude record for women. —Associated Press, July 12, 1930
New feats in aviation were treasured news stories in the early 20th century. In San Diego, the self-proclaimed “Air Capitol of the West,†aviation heroes were followed eagerly—and few more closely than a young aviator named Ruth Alexander.
Here’s the story of San Diego’s famed Ruth Alexander.
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