Pancho Barnes

Pancho Barnes
Lahir	Florence Leontine Lowe (1901-07-22)22 Juli 1901 Pasadena, California
Meninggal	30 Maret 1975(1975-03-30) (umur 73) Boron, California
Dikenal karena	Pilot balap, Pemilik properti
Pasangan menikah	Reverend C. Rankin Barnes Robert Hudson Nichols, Jr. Don Shalita Eugene "Mac" McKendry^[1]
Anak	Bill Barnes
Orang tua	Thaddeus Lowe II Florence May Dobbins

Florence Lowe "Pancho" Barnes (22 Juli 1901 – 30 Maret 1975) adalah seorang pilot perempuan dalam Women's Air Derby. Ia juga seorang pilot yang mampu memecahkan rekor penerbangan dunia pada tahun 1930.^[2] Ia juga nantinya akan menjalankan sebuah restoran dan bar bernama Happy Bottom Riding Club yang lokasinya terletak di Gurun Mojave,^[3] yang di mana tempat tersebut terkenal sering dikunjungi oleh para pilot uji coba Pangkalan Angkatan Udara Edwards, termasuk salah satunya, Chuck Yeager.^[4]

Referensi

Kutipan

↑ Foulkes, Debbie. "Pancho Barnes (1901–1975): Pilot, Proprietor, Partier". Forgotten Newsmakers, 2011. Retrieved: August 3, 2013.
↑ "Florence Lowe (Pancho) Barnes, 69, the eccentric rancher and pilot who broke Amelia Earhart's air speed record in 1930, was found dead Saturday at her home in Boron ... Pancho Barnes was well known both for her pioneer flying career in the ... " Los Angeles Times, March 30, 1975. Retrieved: December 25, 2010.
↑ "Lassie Visits Pancho."^{[pranala dihapus]} Edwards.af.mil. Retrieved: 2 August 2013.
↑ "Pancho." chuckyeagar.com. Retrieved: 2 August 2013.

Daftar pustaka

Gibson, Karen Bush. Women Aviators: 26 Stories of Pioneer Flights. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2013. ISBN 978-1-61374-540-3.
Pelletier, Alain. High-Flying Women: A World History of Female Pilots. Sparkford, UK: Haynes, 2012. ISBN 978-0-85733-257-8.