Blanche Noyes (June 23, 1900 – October 6, 1981) was an American pioneering female aviator who was among the first ten women to receive a transport pilot's license. [1] [2] In 1929, she became Ohio's first licensed female pilot. [2]

Noyes, who raced in nearly every national air race for women, was inducted into the Aviation Hall of Fame in 1970. In recognition of her 35 years of government service for air safety, Noyes became the first woman to receive a gold medal from the Commerce Department.

Blanche Wilcox Noyes, is the wife Dewey R. Noyes, the chief pilot of the Standard Oil Company of Ohio, a former airmail flier. She was an actress before her marriage and is one of the prettiest women in the derby.

This article was published more than 43 years ago. Blanche Wilcox Noyes, 81, a former actress who became a pioneer of U.S. aviation and served as the nation's first director of air route...

2023年3月9日 · It had been less than six months since Blanche Wilcox Noyes earned her pilot’s license — becoming Ohio’s first aviatrix. Yet in August 1929, Noyes started her Travel Air biplane, Miss Cleveland, for the first-ever Women’s Air Derby from …

Blanche Noyes was a competitive air racer and aviation businesswoman of the Golden Age. She landed twice at Clover Field. She also landed and signed the Registers four times at Parks Airport and once at Pitcairn Field. Her detailed biography, including photographs and news articles covering her life and race competitions, is online at the Parks ...

She was born Blanche Wilcox on June 23, 1900 in Cleveland, Ohio.[2] She gave up her acting career[3] after marrying pilot Dewey L. Noyes (c. 1900 – 1935).[4] She started flying in 1929 after getting a lesson from her husband.[1]

On Sept. 4, 1936, Thaden and fellow aviator Blanche Noyes, flying a Beechcraft Staggerwing, a large and powerful biplane designed for business travelers, became the first women to win the Bendix Transcontinental Air Race, flown that year from New York City to Los Angeles.

Blanche Noyes, wife of United States Airmail pilot Dewey Noyes, gave up an acting career to learn to fly. She took flight instructions from Noyes and soloed with less than four hours of dual instruction. She became Ohio’s first licensed woman pilot.

Blanche Noyes was a competitive air racer and aviation businesswoman of the Golden Age. She signed the Clover Field Register twice. She also landed and signed the Register four times at Parks Airport and once at Pitcairn Field. As such, she is one of the few pilots of any gender who appeared coast-to-coast in our Registers.