PANCHO: THE BIOGRAPHY OF FLORENCE LOWE BARNES by Barbara Schultz. This definitive biography about one of aviation's most colorful members, Pancho Barnes, is well written and historically accurate. The granddaughter of Professor Thaddeus Lowe, Pancho barnstormed her way through the early days of flight. She flew in the 1929 First Women's Transcontinental Derby, captured the women's speed record in 1930 and was the impetus behind two aviation organizations. These were the Women's Air Reserve and the Motion Picture Stunt Pilots Association. Her peers recognized her for her competence in the air and her unequivocal generosity on the ground. Counted among Pancho's friends were Jimmy Doolittle, Amelia Earhart, Louise Thaden and Chuck Yeager.

Pancho's Happy Bottom Riding Club, next door to Edwards Air Force Base in California, became the ultimate debriefing room in the 1950s. Hundreds of test pilots, those with the "right stuff", let off steam at Pancho's -- and mingled with her beautiful hostesses. When the Air Force expanded, they branded her a "madam" and her club, a house of prostitution. Pancho sued the government for slander and vindicated her good name.

Pancho's story is spun with treks through primitive jungles, fast living and a renown elocution of profanity. She was a unique, one-of-a-kind character who became a "legend in her own time."

The author, Barbara Schultz, has been a pilot since 1978. She flies a 1950 Cessna 140A and live with her test pilot husband and two sons (also pilots) at Little Buttes Antique Airpark, Lancaster, CA.

Published:	Little Buttes Publishing Company - 1st Printing 1962; 2nd printing 1998
Price:	$14.95 plus shipping. California residents add 7.25% sales tax
ISBN:	0-9652181-0-4
	280 pages, soft-cover 30 pictures 5.5" x 8.5" Autographed upon request
This book can be purchased from:	www.planemercantile.com OR Little Buttes Publishing Company PO Box 2043 Lancaster, CA 93539 Tel. (661) 948-0577 E-mail: panchobook@msn.com