Bakersfield chapter history
 

 

Charter Date: October 1947 with about 11 members

Chapter member Maude Oldershaw helped develop of the "Gossamer Condor," world's first successful human-powered aircraft. This aircraft won the Kremer Award on August 23, 1977. Maude was the first woman to fly the aircraft. The Condor now hangs in the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum.

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