num_pages: 32
description: Earning the nickname "the Flying Schoolgirl," Katherine performed at exhibitions in California, sets distance records, flew in Japan, China, and Canada, and later opened a flying school in San Antonio, Texas. Even when the U.S. Army would not allow her to fly in Europe, she used her exhibition skills to raise over two million dollars for the Red Cross. Throughout her life, Katherine Stinson Oterois high morals and high spirits always prevailed, as she was never one to take no for an answer. Her adventurous spirit lives on in the many schools, airplanes, and monuments named after her and she remains an inspiration to us all.
language: English
title: Katherine Stinson Otero, High Flyer
titlecomplete: Katherine Stinson Otero, High Flyer
genres: Aviation
ratings_count: 5
publisher: Pelican Publishing