Nonagenarian Aviatrix Elinor Smith Sullivan Dies, Set Many Altitude And Speed Records
Elinor Smith Sullivan, an aviatrix who set altitude and speed records and was known as the “Flying Flapper,” died of kidney failure on Mar. 19 in Palo Alto, Calif. She was 98. Smith took her first airplane ride at age 6. A few months after soloing at age 15, she set an altitude record of 11,889 ft...
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