[Elinor Smith and Bobbi Trout during aerial refueling procedure]

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Identifier1995-06-23-17_image_011SourceThe David D. Hatfield Aviation Photograph Collection (1995-06-23-17), Print Box 8, Folder 2DescriptionPhotograph of Elinor Smith (seated) piloting a Commercial C-1 Sunbeam aircraft while Evelyn "Bobbi" Trout (standing) grabs the fuel hose during an aerial refueling procedure, California, circa November 1929. The photograph was taken from the refueling aircraft, likely the Curtiss Carrier Pigeon crewed by Smith and Trout's refueling team, Paul Whittier and Pete Reinhardt. Smith and Trout are credited as the first women to perform air-to-air refueling.

Inscription in margin: "Events - Endurance. Trout and Smith, 1929."Creation Datecirca 1929-11SubjectTrout, Evelyn, 1906-2003Smith, Elinor, 1911-2010Air pilotsWomen air pilotsWomen in aeronauticsEndurance flightsAirplanes--Air refuelingCommercial (CA) C-1 SunbeamPlaceCaliforniaUnited StatesOriginal Formatphotographic printsBibliographic CitationThe David D. Hatfield Aviation Photograph Collection/The Museum of FlightRightsCopyright undetermined

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Source consulted: Smith, Elinor. Aviatrix. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1981.

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