Beechcraft Airplane

Beechcraft Airplane

Beechcraft Airplane

U. S. Radar picked up an unidentified plane approaching Cuba. Jets were dispatched to escort it to Key West. Police surrounded the single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza. “Jeez, will you get a look at the pilot, she’s a little old lady,” said an officer.

Marion Defied Stereotyping

Pilot Marion Rice Hart, 83, didn’t like being called “little old lady” or “flying grandmother”. She also was insulted when people asked why she didn’t act her age.

Editors, wanting to title her book “With a Powder Puff in My Cockpit”, met with disdain. The 1953 book was titled I Fly As I Please.