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I wish that I had been alive at the time this picture was taken!

John Sanders That makes two of us. :) What an amazing time in aviation history.

I guess it is Wedell-Williams racer instead of "Wendall"? In any case thanks SDASM staff for this sort of "Holidays" batch with even more Golden Age beauties.

[http://www.flickr.com/photos/61289374@N05] Thanks...we had a little typo in the upload. They should all be fixed now!

Feliz navidad un abrazo. Merry christmas greetings

In 1953 - Repainted and sponsored by NBC to fly the film reels of the UK Coronation Coverage. The film would be flown from UK to Goose Bay, Labrador by a Canberra jet bomber. From there, the networks would have to get the film to Boston. The reels needed to get back to the NBC headquarters to be aired asap. CBS, not to be outdone, hired Joe DeBona to fly their reels back in P-51 N5528N. ABC? tried to beat everyone by hiring a Canberra, who's pilot scratched the flight for political reasons. The two P-51s raced and it is rep. that CBS won the flying race, but was not first with the coverage. NBC convinced ABC to share its feed from CBC and both networks aired before CBS. Credit and full history at : www.mustangsmustangs.com/p-51/survivors/serial/42-103831

Katherine Drexel Dahlgren (b. 1894) was arrested for "speeding her automobile ninety miles an hour on the main street [of Stockbridge MA] and for operating the racer in a reckless manner," in July 1915. She married Richard Smith Emmet in January 1917; in July 1918, she and her sister Ulrica both gave birth to daughters in the same hour, at their mother's summer house in Ridgefield CT. query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10F15FD395D16738... query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40817FD345C10738... One of her grandfathers: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_A._Dahlgren Her other grandfather: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_William_Drexel

I wonder how the constable clocked her speed...

This January, 1917 NYT photo supplement, at lower left, shows KDD and her bridesmaids: memory.loc.gov/service/sgp/sgpnyt/1917/191701/19170128/00... A picture in a news item announcing her engagement from September, 1916 shows her dancing on skates with her fiance and tells more of her racing exploits: "DARING SOCIETY AUTOMOBILIST TO WED DANCING PARTNER . New York, Sept 30. Mrs. Drexel Dahlgren has announced the en - gagement of her daughter . Miss Katherine Drexel Dahlgren, one of t h e most daring automobilists among the young women of society, to Richard Smith Emmet of this city. The announcement was made by Mrs Dahlgren at Fairfield, Conn., where she and her children passed t he sum - mer and will remain through the autumn . Miss Dahlgren startled summer residents of the Berkshire Hills about Lenox , Mass., a year ago by driving a 120 horsepower Mercer automobile at racing speed through the highways. She was fined $25 for this and was admonished for treating other local automobile regulations lightly. Later she offered to race George E. Turnure, Jr., on a motorcycle at Berkshire Fair Grounds. In society she has been active in Lenox and in this city, where she has appeared in various entertainments of the Junior League." fultonhistory.com/newspaper%2010/Kingston%20NY%20Daily%20...

grace!

Thanks artolog and pennylrichardsca for the information about this interesting woman. We will add more details to the description when we update.