Iris Thaden
Iris Louise McPhetridge Thaden (1905-1979) Louise Thaden, a close friend and competitor of Amelia Earhart, was the first woman to win the Bendix Trophy. Flying a Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing with her copilot Blanche Noyes, Thaden captured the 1936 Bendix race from New York to Los Angeles with a flight that took 14 hours and 55 minutes.
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