At the first meeting of the Ninety-Nines, an international women's pilot association that boasted 99 members when it was founded in 1929, the lineup included, from left, Mona Holmes, Mary Samson, Elvy Kalep, Ruth Elder, Mrs. John Reiney, Amelia Earhart Putnam, Elinor Smith Sullivan and Viola Gentry. The first meeting was held in 1929 during the Women's Air Derby at Curtiss Field in Valley Stream.
LI Life
Sisters in the skies
Amelia Earhart, subject of a new film, was one of many female pioneers, some from LI, in the early days of flight.
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