In 1929, nineteen women set out from Santa Monica, in flimsy, prop-driven planes, with a mission...Their mission: to be the first to cover the 2,759-mile cross-country course to Cleveland, Ohio. Dubbed "The Powder Puff Derby" by humorist Will Rogers, who covered the race, the competition was aggressive, dangerous, and enthralling to the millions who followed its progress.
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