Deerman, Ruth
August 20, 2026
Ruth Deerman, a lifelong El Paso aviator, was celebrated for flying her 1950 Cessna 140A, the Cotton Clipper Cutie , to victory with co-pilot and navigator Ruby Hays in the 1954 Powder Puff Derby, the all-women transcontinental air race from Long Beach, California, to Chattanooga, Tennessee. The…
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