Talk:Elinor Smith

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A fact from Elinor Smith appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 December 2008, and was viewed approximately 2,519 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that teenage aviatrix Elinor Smith, the "Flying Flapper of Freeport", had her pilot's license suspended for 15 days for flying under New York City's four East River bridges in 1928? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2008/December.

I'm no expert on aircraft. My source refers to her flying, at age 89, a "C33 Raytheon AGATE, Beech Bonanza". I interpreted this as C33 [[Raytheon]] [[Advanced General Aviation Transport Experiments|AGATE]], [[Beechcraft Bonanza|Beech Bonanza]], but someone who knows more about the subject is free to correct me. - Jmabel | Talk 05:55, 15 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Newsweek says that in 1924 she became the first female ever on the Wheaties box. That may well be true, but I'd like to see a citation from a more obviously well-researched source: she would only have been 13 at the time, and I haven't seen any other source indicating that she was a celebrity quite that young. A one-line mention doesn't seem to me to be enough for me to trust on this. - Jmabel | Talk 07:09, 15 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Good catch, it is a typo on Newsweeks part. A detailed article at Pop History Dig clarifies the details. In 1934, she was the third person (and first woman) on the box. —MJBurrage^(T•C) 22:20, 20 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I believe an article keeping track of surviving pioneers in various fields -- there is already such an article for silent film stars -- is in order. I am astounded that such a person as Elinor Smith, someone who almost certainly met such long-gone people as the Wright Brothers and many others was still among us until a few days ago.

I also feel that there might have been valuable information that died with her.--Jrm2007 (talk) 10:27, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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