Arlington, Virginia 1929 Limited commercial license #5889 at Roosevelt Field, New York 1929 Charter member of Ninety-Nines 1930 Ford National Reliability Air Tour 1930 Women's Dixie Derby 1931 Transport license 1931 Marriage 1931 Plane in a spin 1931 Connecticut Speed Champion 1932 Meridien Aviation Pylon Race 1933 Flew coast to coast 1942 Civil Air Patrol 1963 Flew the first day covers for the Amelia Earhart stamp from Atchison to New York City 1971 New England Air Race 1976 C.W. Post University award 1983 Wings Club award 1986 President of the International Women's Air and Space Museum 1992 Pioneer Women in Aviation Hall of Fame 1992 (circa) Honorary member of US Air Force's 38th Strategic Missile Wing 1994 resigns as president of the International Women's Air and Space Museum 1997 Death References Further reading George Vecsey and George C. Dade; Getting off the Ground New York Times; August 29, 1930, page 03; "Lindberghs hailed by air race crowd" External links Nancy Hopkins at Early Aviators National Air Tour website 1909 births 1997 deaths Aviators from Washington, D.C. People of the Civil Air Patrol Ford National Reliability Air Tour American women aviators 20th-century American women