# 1920's Airport & Women's Air race Louise Thaden Aviatrix 76884

This 1920s or early 1930s home movie is a bit of a mystery. It shows scenes at an airport where some kind of air show is in progress. Based on research done by third parties, we've determined that the airport at the beginning of the film is likely the McIntyre Airport in Tulsa, Oklahoma. (If you look closely at the hangar in the rear at the :40 mark you can see the airport's distinctively marked hangar). At the 2:45 mark a group of women are seen who may either be female pilots, or just a group of ladies who came out to see the airplanes. At the 3:26 mark a crowd of people is seen greeting aviatrix Louise Thaden, who was one of the top female pilots of the era. At the 4 minute mark another aviatrix is seen. Some of the women pilots visible may include Blanche Noyes (4:11 mark on the left), Gladys O'Donnell (4:11 mark on the right) and Pheoebe Omlie. Blanche Noyes was an American pioneering female aviator who was among the first ten women to receive a pilot's license. In 1929, she became Ohio's first licensed female pilot. Gladys O'Donnell soloed after 10 hours and in 1929 at the age of 25 she became the first licensed woman pilot in Long Beach, California. A knowledgable friend wrote this about the film: At ~ 2.55, the ladies are standing in a row under a plane whose partial tail number is NC62... I checked all of the NC62..planes on the page in my comment above and found this: NC6269 Travel Air DW-4000 708 X6269 3rd in 1928 (should be 1929) Transcontinental Air Derby 7259.…

- Kind: Home movie
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/76884WomensAirDerby)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/76884WomensAirDerby?play=1)