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This work charts the first women's long-distance airplane race. Braving stormy weather, mechanical difficulties, collisions, typhoid fever and claims of sabotage, the women pilots were feted by a fascinated public. The derby laid the foundation for the 99s, the first organisation of women pilots.Blair, Margaret Whitman is the author of 'Roaring Twenty The First Cross-country Air Race for Woman', published 2006 under ISBN 9780792253891 and ISBN 0792253892.
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