Nancy Marie Payne, Storyteller at Gilboa Museum & Juried History Center

Women who took up flying in the early 1900s had to handle prejudice as well as their aircraft. Public sentiment in the early days of flying held that when a man died in an aircraft accident it was a shame—but he knew what he was getting into and was a hero for breaking new ground.

....When a woman died in a plane accident, it was proof positive she shouldn't have been flying in the first place.

Storyteller Nancy Marie Payne brings this exciting time alive through the voice of Pancho Barnes, a colorful and innovative female pilot of the 1920's. Nancy, as Pancho, relates the story of first flight from a woman's perspective. “Pancho” tells her own colorful story as well as the exploits of early balloonists and aviators, including Ruth Law, Harriet Quimby, Bessie Colman, Bobbi Trout, Amelia Earhart and others.

Wednesday, October 20, at 6 p.m.

A half-hour business meeting, refreshments,

and Nancy will start before 7:00

Gilboa Museum, 122 Stryker Road, Gilboa, NY 12076 (Map).

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Your membership status: Enjoy GHS activites with or without being a member, but we'd love to have you join!....

October 20, GHS Membership Meeting 7:00–8:30: in the Museum, Nancy Payne, storyteller
November 17, GHS Membership Meeting 7:00–8:30: in the Museum,Terry Bradshaw on Ned Buntline
November 21, Holiday Bazaar 11:00–4:00: museum, and possibly with the basement as well.
December 15, Membership Meeting 7:00–8:30: Bottle Auction & holiday gift baskets

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