Location: Long Beach (Calif.) / Names: Smith, Joan A. Merriam, d.1965 / Subject: Events - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

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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.
Date:: March 18, 1964
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection