“One of the biggest thrills of my life – being able to hold the American flag to start this 40th annual Air Race Classic for women.” The sun was bright and warm in the early morning sky. So was Penny Carruthers’s smile as she waved the Stars and Stripes and the first plane roared down the runway. The petite 94-year-old waved that same flag for 53 more women pilot teams. They had arrived in Prescott on June 17, for the nation’s premier transcontinental speed competition for women pilots. … [Read more...] about Women Pilots Take to the Air