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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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    16/35Gra Ceppelin Ste'er Ra'm

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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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    1lara@s

    avoriteaward

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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&

    l l id h

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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&

    8 ti l i l d d *th /