Florence Lowe “Pancho” Barnes was more colorful than a bag ... flying a Travel Air Type R Mystery Ship sponsored by Union Oil Company. Earhart came in third during the first derby.

Kim Rocco Shields Genius Produced Christened Florence Lowe at birth in 1901, Pancho Barnes fell in ... of 196.1 mph in a Travel Air Type R Mystery Ship. Barnes later moved to the Mojave Desert ...

According to George B. Welsh, director of the Flight Test Museum at Edwards AFB, “not only was Pancho Barnes a great aviator, one of a kind at that time. She was kind and considerate.

Florence 'Pancho' Barnes was a barnstorming pilot in the USA in the 1930s who created a ranch where test pilots drank and relaxed. It was called the Happy Bottom Riding Club and it has entered the ...