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Powder Puff Derby Storm Hits Start In California
A violent rainstorm disrupted the Powder Puff Derby opening from Van Nuys to Savannah with 142 women in 77 planes. Twenty nine reached Phoenix by midday, 23 spent the night at Palm Springs, and the rest landed at emergency strips or Palm Springs. The next leg to El Paso was warned hazardous. Barbara Willis and Ann Penn started the race in a Cessna 210 at 9 33 20 a.m. PDT. Twelve flyers went solo while the rest flew in pairs.
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Shirley Wesbrook
Ruth Renton
Wichita Falls
van Nuys
Calif
Phoenix
Savannah
California
Here
Ariz
Palm Springs
Arizona
el Paso
Tex
Barbara Willis
Santa Monica
Ann Penn