Pancho Barnes

Florence " Pancho " Barnes, born Florence Leontine Lowe, ( born July 29, 1901 in San Mario, California, † March 25, 1975 in Boron, California ) was the first American stunt pilot. She was a member of the Ninety Nines ( "Club of the Ninety-nine " ) and in 1929 at the Women's Air Derby, later called powder brush race, in part. 1930 broke Pancho Barnes Amelia Earhart's speed record and appeared in Howard Hughes film Hell's Angels.