Laura Ingalls (aviator) - Timeline

Timeline

• 1901 Birth
• 1928 Soloed on Roosevelt Field, Mineola, Long Island on December 23
• 1929 Enrolled in Universal Flying School at Lambert-St. Louis Field in June
• 1929 Obtained Limited Commercial license from Department of Commerce in September
• 1930 Obtained Transport license from Department of Commerce on April 12
• 1930 Graduated from Universal Flying School Transport course with score of 98, was only girl in the School
• 1930 Established Women's Loop record in a D.H. Gipsy Moth over Lambert-St. Louis Field - 344 loops. Previous record 47 loops on May 4
• 1930 Bettered first loop record at Muskogee, Oklahoma by making 980 consecutive continuous loops in 3:40 in her D.H. Gipsy Moth on May 26
• 1930 Established World barrel-roll record for men and women of 714 rolls over Lambert-St. Louis Field in her D.H. Gipsy Moth on August 13
• 1930 Won third place Women's Dixie Derby from Washington, D.C. to Chicago, Illinois winning $800 in August and September
• 1930 Established first Women's Transcontinental round trip record between Roosevelt Field and Grand Central Air Terminal, Glendale, California and return. Time 30:25 to California; 25:20 on return flight to Roosevelt Field. Airplane: D.H. Gipsy Moth in October
• 1934 Granted 3rd Class Radio Telephone license with authority to use code. Call letters KHTJQ in January
• 1934 Took off from North Beach Airport, Jackson Heights, New York in Lockheed Air Express for flight to South America on February 28
• 1934 Took off from Miami for Havana, Cuba. Crossed the Caribbean Sea to Mérida, Yucatán. Continued down through Central America to France Field, Cristóbal, Panama on March 8
• 1934 Flew non-stop from France Field, Cristobal, Canal Zone to Talara, Peru, a distance of 1296 miles - 460 miles over water. Continued down the West coast of South America to Santiago, Chile on March 13
• 1934 The Andes were crossed at an altitude of 18,000 feet through the Uspallata Pass between Santiago, Chile and Mendoza, Argentina on March 21
• 1934 Arrived in Trinidad and Tobago on Tuesday April 17
• 1934 Arrived Miami, Florida on April 22
• 1934 Arrived Floyd Bennett Field, New York completing 17,000 mile flight on April 25