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Joan A. Merriam Smith loading plane in preparation for solo around the world flight, Calif., 1964

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Title: Joan A. Merriam Smith loading plane in preparation for solo around the world flight, Calif., 1964
Date Created and/or Issued: March 18, 1964
1964-03-18
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Joan Merriam Smith successfully completed her around the world solo flight on May 12, 1964 in her plane named "The City of Long Beach." She received the 1964 Harmon Trophy as outstanding aviator. Unfortunately less than a year later she was killed in an airplane accident in California.
GOOD LUCK CHARM-Joan A. Merriam holds good luck teddy bear as she prepares for Oakland take off on her round-the-world 27,000-mile flight.
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b524_223426
ark:/21198/zz0002s2q9
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Women air pilots--California--Los Angeles
Transportation
Flights around the world
Events
Smith, Joan A. Merriam, d.1965
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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