Louise Thaden
Louise Thaden (born November 12, 1905 in Bentonville , † November 9, 1979 in High Point ) was an American pilot . As a female aviation pioneer and winner of several aviation competitions, she was one of the most famous American aviators of her time.
Louise Thaden grew up as Iris Louise McPhetridge on a farm in Bentonville. She studied journalism and physical education at the University of Arkansas . As an employee of Walter Beech's aircraft manufacturer Travel Air Company, she learned to fly and received her flight license in 1928. As a pilot, she set records for altitude, range and speed. In 1929 she won the Women's Air Derby . In 1936, she and her co-pilot Blanche Noyes became the first woman to win the Bendix Trophy . Ever since her marriage to the army pilot Herbert von Thaden in 1928, constantly shuttling back and forth between family and work, the mother of two withdrew completely from competitive flying in her late thirties. In 1951 the Bentonville airfield was renamed Louise M. Thaden Field . Louise Thaden died in High Point in November 1979. In 1999 she was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame .
Works
- High, Wide, and Frightened. Stackpole Sons, New York 1938. New edition: University of Arkansas Press, 2004, ISBN 978-1-55728-766-3 .
Web links
- National Aviation Hall of Fame website : Louise Thaden .
- Rob Seibert: Louise McPhetridge Thaden
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Janann Sherman: Thaden, Louise . In: Susan Ware, Stacy Lorraine Braukman, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study: Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary Completing the Twentieth Century. Harvard University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-674-01488-X
- ↑ a b Rob Seibert: Louise McPhetridge Thaden . Retrieved October 9, 2010.
- ^ Website of the National Aviation Hall of Fame : Louise Thaden . Retrieved October 9, 2010.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thaden, Louise |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | McPhetridge Thaden, Iris Louise |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American aviator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 12, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bentonville |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 9, 1979 |
| Place of death | High point |