![]() ![]() Illinois’ governor and the chairman of the Illinois Aeronautics Commission donated trophies, and other local politicians were expected to be present. Two engineers, Frank Whittle of the United Kingdom and Hans von Ohain of Germany, are credited with the development of the jet engine during the late 1930s. According to an article prior to the event in American Aviation, over 20 “leading women pilots” were expected to compete in front of a crowd of up to 20,000 people. The Chicago Girls Flying Club held their 3rd annual air carnival on September 19, 1937. The word “Supremacy” is embossed just below the foot of the woman’s dress and the trophy was awarded to Emma Sprague for first prize in spot landing, a contest in which the pilot attempts to touch down as close as possible to a location marked on the runway. In the 1920s and 1930s communities built airports as a matter of civic. Women’s air carnival trophy featuring a draped woman with upraised arms holding a globe above her head that has an airplane traversing the North American polar region. Two women inspecting an exact model of Wing Commander Kingsford-Smiths Fokker plane 'Southern Cross,' Chicago, Illinois. By the 1920s the Post Office contracted with fledgling airline companies to fly. 23 inches tall, 6.75 inches diameter, base Flight 1930, on a Boeing 737-900, was bound for Miami International Airport. ![]()
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