March 17, 2001: Jessie E. Woods, Wing-Walker, CAP Pilot, Pioneering Aviatrix Dies

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On this date in 2001, former CAP pilot, wing-walker, and pioneering aviatrix Jessie E. Wood died at the age of 92.

And excerpt from The Pioneers:

She stunted airplanes as a pilot, scampered about on wings, parachuted and dangled by her knees on rope ladders that swung beneath the biplanes. She was also a mechanic and later taught military pilots to fly, Woods flew with the Civil Air Patrol during WW II. She later became a commercial flight and ground instructor. In 1941, she and Jimmie leased Roddey Field, in Rock Hill, South Carolina, and received governmental contracts for military flight training.

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