The Ninety-Nines

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In Louise McPhetridge Thaden
…officially incorporated in 1931 as The Ninety-Nines, after the number of charter members. Thaden served as the organization’s first secretary and Earhart as its first president; The Ninety-Nines exists to this day. On Sept. 4, 1936, Thaden and fellow aviator Blanche Noyes, flying a Beechcraft Staggerwing, a large and powerful…
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