archive.org The Happy Bottom Riding Club : the life and times of Pancho Barnes : Kessler, Lauren : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-289) and index
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They have been selling unleaded Avgas at Reid Hillview since at least 2022. Not sure why it's thought to be recent.
Edit: Oh it's the first time they have 100 octane.
Pancho Barnes was a wild pilot in the early days.
Pancho Barnes was a wild person that was involved in many of the big events in early aviation.
It makes you realize how small that community was.
In the movie The Right Stuff, when Chuck Yeager breaks his arm just before breaking the speed of sound, that was at Pancho's bar/brothel.
This book was an interesting read.
Wow I thought they had a much better shot than many of the EVTOL companies. They kept their design super simple and practical, not just playing to investors.