Betty Skelton Dies, Was U.S. Aerobatics Champion
Betty Skelton, a three-time U.S. aerobatics champion, died Aug. 31 at home in Florida. She was 85. Skelton made her first solo flight at the age of 12. She twice set the world's light-plane altitude records, reaching 29,050 ft. in a Piper Cub in 1951, shortly before her retirement from competitive...
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