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Edna Gardner Whyte was born on 3 November, 1902 in Mankato, Minnesota. Discover Edna Gardner Whyte's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is She in this year and how She spends money? Also learn how She earned most of networth at the age of 90 years old?
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aviator |
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90 years old |
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Scorpio |
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3 November 1902 |
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3 November |
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Mankato, Minnesota |
| Date of death |
(1992-02-15) |
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United States |
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Edna Gardner Whyte Height, Weight & Measurements
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Edna Gardner Whyte Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Edna Gardner Whyte worth at the age of 90 years old? Edna Gardner Whyte’s income source is mostly from being a successful . She is from United States. We have estimated
Edna Gardner Whyte's net worth
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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In 1991, at the age of 89, she published her autobiography, Rising Above It (coauthored with Ann Lewis Cooper). Whyte died the following year. Her papers are held by the University of North Texas.
After marrying George M. Whyte, she operated Aero Enterprise Flight School with him in Fort Worth, Texas, until his death in 1970. She then opened Aero Valley Airport in nearby Roanoke, where she continued flight instruction.
She received over 80 aviation awards, including the Charles Lindbergh Lifetime Achievement Award and the 1967 Aviation Woman of the Year award from the Women's National Aeronautical Association. She was a charter member (#10) of the Whirly-Girls and the first woman to be an honorary member of the Daedalians, a worldwide fraternity of military pilots. She served as president of the Ninety-Nines from 1955 to 1957.
She owned and ran the New Orleans Air College at Shusham Airport from 1935 to 1941. During World War II, she trained hundreds of military pilots at Meacham Field and the Spartan School of Aviation.
Beginning in 1930, she participated in over a hundred air races, winning more than two dozen of them and placing in another dozen. She won the Women's International Air Race four times (1953, 1958, 1960, and 1961). Her last win came in 1967, and her last race was in 1972.
She took her first flight in 1926, from Renton, Washington. Her first solo was on Jan. 1, 1931,and she received her pilot's license in May 1931. The following year, she joined the Navy Nurse Corps in Washington, D.C., and taught flying at several nearby airports. She resigned from the Nurse Corps in 1935, preferring to spend her time flying and teaching flying.
Edna Gardner Whyte (November 3, 1902 – February 15, 1992) was an American aviator whose career as a pilot and instructor spanned more than four decades. She was also an air racer who won more than two dozen races.
Edna Marvel Gardner was born in 1902 in Mankato, Minnesota. Her father died in a train accident when she was 8, she was raised by her mother. She trained to become a registered nurse, earning her certification in 1924.
