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Florence Lowe "Pancho" Barnes (July 22, 1901 – March 30, 1975) was a pioneer aviator and a founder of the first movie stunt pilots' union. In 1930, she broke Amelia Earhart's air speed record. [3] Barnes raced in the Women's Air Derby and was a member of the Ninety-Nines.
RM 2HJCK80 – During the First Citizen of Edwards Day celebration in 1964, Pancho Barnes and her closest friends left their signatures and handprints on three historic panels. Chuck Yeager and Pancho Barnes' handprints can be seen directly next to each other.
The online home of Aviatrix, Test Pilot, Entrepreneur & Legend, Pancho Barnes.
24 kwi 2023 · English: Florence Lowe "Pancho" Barnes poses with dogs before Air Derby, Santa Monica. She holds a ribbon in her hand with the year "1932" emblazoned in it. This image comes from the Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection at the UCLA Library. Copyright for the photographs in the archive was deeded to UCLA.
The archive contains photographs, negatives, letters, as well as film, voice recordings, pilot logs, court and legal papers, depositions, bank checks, master recordings of her songs, and other materials documenting the life and times of Pancho Barnes.
Memorialized in “The Right Stuff,” the award-winning film about breaking the sound barrier and launching the space program, Florence “Pancho” Barnes’ life story is one of talent, strength of conviction and trailblazing against a tide of naysayers, much like her doting grandfather, Thaddeus Lowe.
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