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She was the only paying womanpassenger on the fight o Germany’smassive, twelve-engined Dornier DO-Xfying boat rom Rio de Janeiro to ew !or", in #$%#&
So'nd
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O the trip, (dams noted) *+ o'ld write a good-sied boo" were + totell all the wonders that rowded into those si. thrilling wee"s&/
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+n #$%#, (dams boarded a 0an (m 1lipper headed rom ew !or" toRio de Janeiro 2'st to beome the only woman passenger on theDornier DO-X on the trip ba" to ew !or"& 3he DO-X was anenormo's, slow and heavy fying boat that hopped 'p the So'th(merian oast, stopping re4'ently&
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3he airrat was oneived by Dr& 1la'di's Dornier, starting in #$9:, and too"seven years to design and another two years to b'ild& &+t was ;naned by the German 3ransport 6inistry and was man'at'red in aspeially designed plant at (ltenrhein, on the Swiss portion o 5a"e
1onstane, in order to ir'mvent the 3reaty o
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On the main de" was a smo"ing room and wet bar, a dining salon, andseating or the >> passengers, whih o'ld be onverted to sleeping berthsor night fights& (t o the passenger spaes was an all-eletri galley,lavatories, and argo hold& 3he o"pit, nav station, engine and radio roomswere on the 'pper de"&
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5ady Grae Dr'mmond-8ay and ?arlvon=iegand aboard the Dornier DO-X
fyingboat&
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0ostard signed by 1lara& D'ring one fight she managed to mailmore than si.
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3he engine ontrol room was on the top level o the DO-X as well as as theo"pit,
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Gra Ceppelin being led rom its hangar or its ;rst fighton
E3he most notable fight too" plae, when in #$9 the Gra Ceppelin made itspioneer ro'nd trip- rom 7'rope to the F& S& (& and ret'rn& +t was my privilegeto b'y the ;rst ti"et ever sold to a eminine passenger to fy aross the(tlanti& +t ost %,BBB& On this pioneer fight rom the F& S& to 7'rope, therewere >: men and one woman aboard& + was that lone woman& +t t'rned o't to
be the most haardo's trip ever e.periened by the Ceppelin oHers andrew even to the present day& I# ho'rs, the fight lasted&E - 1lara
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3he German b'ilt Gra Ceppelin 5C-#9I wo'ld later beome the FSS 5o
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+n #$9, (damsp'rhased the ;rst
transatlanti airti"et ever sold to a
emale passenger,and was on the ;rstfight o the airshipGra Ceppelin romorth (meria to
7'rope in Otober,
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Colonel Klink was just herfunk raum is radio room
Overall length 98 ft.
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1lara (dams with Dr& and 6rs& 8'go
7"ener in Ariedrihshaen, ovember %,#$9, ater arriving rom orth (meria
orn in1ininnati,(dams got
hoo"ed on fyingater her ;rste.periene, in a 3homas fyingboat in #$#: at5a"e 7'stis, Ala&
=hen shebo'ght a ti"eton the GraCeppelin, aro'nd-trip are
rom the F&S&, in#$9 it was the;rst air ti"etsold to a womanpassenger toross the(tlanti&
*3he %,BBB itost her to fyro'nd trip on
the GraCeppelin’spioneer fightwas thee4'ivalent oseveral years’salary or theaverage personin those days,/said Ariedman&
K+t wo'ld bemore than#%>,BBBtoday&L
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5ady Grae Dr'mmond-8ay, a 2o'rnalist, was aboard the GraCeppelin on the delivery trip to theFS&
=hile the s'rro'ndings were
l'.'rio's, they were also'nheated, and d'ring the wintermonths, or when the ship few overthe orth (tlanti, or d'ring thefight over Siberia as part o the#$9$ Ro'nd-the-=orld fight,
passengers oten spent m'h otheir time wrapped in heavy winteroats or overed by layers oblan"ets while ie rystals ormedon the windows&
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1lara (dams M 5ady Grae Dr'mmond-8ay (s re4'ent passenger 5adyGrae Dr'mmond-8aydesribed it)
=e have a million 'bi eeto gas b't no heat& & & &6eriless old driving thro'ghthe anvas wallso this fying tent& N + havevis'alied mysel grae'lly
draped over a saloon windowledge romantially viewingthe moonlit s"y& 3he men & & & have remindedeah other not to orgetevening 2a"ets and boiled
shirts in their baggage& =ehave drawn o'rselves lovelypit'res o dining elegantly inmid-air with 1ommodore7"ener at the head o afower-de"ed table & & & b't & &
& leather oats, woollies and'rs will be o'r evenin dress&
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Grae Dr'mmond-8ay and ?arl von =iegand in ontrol ar o 5C-#9I GraCeppelin
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1lara (dams was on the ina'g'ral fight o thedirigible 8indenb'rg in #$%>&
(ter the 8indenb'rg rashed in ew Jersey in#$%I, (dams wrote to ompany oHials in s'pportand p'rhased a ti"et or a ne.t fight that never
too" plae&
DRF66OD-8(! 1O
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The letter is dated May 8, 19" thea#e of the passen#er zeppelin
ended $%st a year later, &ith the'inden%r# disaster of May ,19.
6y dear 1lara)+ annot tell yo' how happy + was to
;nd yo' on board the 8indenb'rgas one o the passengers on her;rst fight rom Germany to(meria& + hope we will meet againas *ompanions in advent're/when the ne.t Ceppelin is
ompleted, and that one more wewill pioneer a path thro'gh the airtogether&
?indest tho'ghts always,yo'r sinere riend,
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*0ersonally, + thin" that theamaing variety o trips andfights 1lara (dams too" areremar"able, onsidering thepioneer nat're o earlyaviation in the #$9Bs and
#$%Bs,/ said 3homas (llen,'rator o speial olletionsin the 8istory o (viation1olletion at the Fniversity o 3e.as-Dallas&
F3-Dallas has 1lara (damsmemorabilia inl'ding photos,letters and post ards&
1lara (dams helped hange the p'bli pereption o aviation rom a
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1lara (dams helped hange the p'bli pereption o aviation rom adangero's enterprise or daredevils in leather helmets to something thato'ld be en2oyed by a little old widow rom 0ennsylvania&
8er ro'nd-the -world fight in #$%$ was a very p'bli demonstration o 2'sthow ar aviation had ome in so short a time 1harles 5indbergh had rossedthe (tlanti in 6ay, #$9I, and 2'st twelve years later it was possible or a
woman to b'y a ti"et to fy aro'nd the world on shed'led airlines&(nd 1lara (dams made s're the world "new it&
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1lara always paid herway&
She too" photos and
b'ggedairrew members or theira'tographs&
She olleted bo.es andmorebo.es o the olletibleitemsrom the time&
She 'sed her own money
toma"e promotional to'rsandtal"s&(n a'tobiographial
reord o her travelsonl'des)
She was aboard the ;rst fights o many elebrated airships fying boats and early
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She was aboard the ;rst fights o many elebrated airships, fying boats, and earlyairliners, and she beame a4'ainted with many o the amo's aviators o the day,inl'ding (melia 7arhart& 8er riend, Grae Dr'mmond-8ay M ?arl von =iegand werein the 0hillipines when the Japanese invaded the islands in #$:9, and both wereinterned in a Japanese amp&
+n #$%$ 1lara (dams beame the ;rst woman air
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+n #$%$, 1lara (dams beame the ;rst woman airpassenger to irle the world& +t too" #> days, #$ ho'rs,
min'tes and #B seonds&Overall, she logged more than 150,000 maiden-voage miles.
8er ;nal fight to have her ashes satteredrom a plane was arried o't per her wishes&
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