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Stunt pilot
Women's History MonthThe Legendary Life of Pancho Barnes, Aviatrix
Before becoming one of the first Hollywood stunt pilots, Barnes was a debutante who ran away to sea disguised as a man and traveled with revolutionaries in Mexico.
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