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Newspaper clipping, "She'll try any death-defying stunt in the air, but boys frighten new champ of girl pilots," from The NEA Service (Cleveland, Ohio), May 28, 1931. Article describes Dorothy Hester's flying career, including her upcoming…

Oblique aerial photograph of the Black Pine Mountains, Utah, circa 1931.Caption on adjacent album page: "Black Pine Mountain, near Salt Lake, Utah, is only one of the many mountains that Dorothy has flown over to and from Cleveland."Part of a…

Oblique aerial photograph of an unidentified mountain range, circa 1931.Caption on adjacent album page: "The Races are ended, the work is done. / The birdmen take to the air, one by one. / Some to the North--the East and South they go, / But this one…

Photograph of attendees looking up at a stunt flying performance during the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931.Caption on adjacent album page: "All faces were skyward whenever Dorothy took to the air. And I might say that most of the hearts…

Photograph of attendees looking up at a flight performance during the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931.Caption on adjacent album page: "Just a part of the crowd that craned their heads skywards to watch the tactics of the birdmen. Oh, it's…

Photograph of (from left to right) Boleslaw Orlinski, Dorothy Hester, and Ernst Udet posing with Hester's Great Lakes (1929) Model 2T-1A aircraft (tail number NC 315Y) at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931.Caption on adjacent album page:…

Photograph of (from left to right) Boleslaw Orlinski, Dorothy Hester, and Ken Maynard at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931.Caption on adjacent album page: "Ken Maynard, the flying cowboy, didn't get very far until the boys from the press…

Photograph of Boleslaw Orlinski at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931.Caption on adjacent album page: "Capt. Boleslaw Orlinski's flying wasn't the only thing that won the hearts of the fair young ladies. Oh, no! Just look at that smile.…

Aircraft engine maintenance logbook for the American Cirrus engine (serial number 3002) used in Dorothy Hester's Great Lakes Model 2T-1A aircraft (NC315Y), May 1931-October 1932.

Aircraft engine maintenance logbook for the American Cirrus engine (serial number 3002) used in Dorothy Hester's Great Lakes Model 2T-1A aircraft (NC315Y), October 1932-September 1933.