Doris Lockness

Doris Estella (Rhoads) Lockness (February 2, 1910 – January 30, 2017) was a pioneering American aviator.

Lockness was born in Pennsylvania in 1910 and began flying in 1939 and worked as a liaison engineer at Douglas Aircraft Company.

[4] After the war she continued in aviation, working as a flight instructor and performing at air shows.

[9] A regular airshow performer, she was often flying “Swamp Angel”, her Vultee Stinson L-5 with 190 horsepower engine that served in New Guinea in World War II.

"[13] In 1997, a biography of Lockness was included in a “Women and Flight” exhibition at the National Air and Space Museum.