Don't forget about the moms in your life this Sunday! We're getting an early jump on Mother's Day today with this photograph of pilot Elinor Smith and her mom, Elinor Regina Patricia Ward, captured by Acme Newspictures on April 25, 1931.
By the time this photograph was taken, Smith's accomplishments were extensive enough to make any mother proud. After becoming the world's youngest licensed pilot in the world at age 16, "The Flying Flapper of Freeport" became the first female test pilot for the Fairchild and Bellanca aircraft companies, where she established a reputation for stunt flights and breaking flight records. This photograph was taken at Roosevelt Field in New York, following a successful attempt to set a flight endurance record.
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