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| The country had lost a true aviation pioneer and one of its favorite pilots. |
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| She became a barnstormer, a pilot who traveled around the country using farmers' fields for air shows. |
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| The training plane they used was called a biplane. |
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| Bessie took other steps to help put an end to discrimination. |
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| Wen American entered World War I, John and Walter enlisted in the army and went to France to fight. |
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| She also read about the brave pilots and was especially inspired by one, Eugene Bullard, and African-American who flew for the French. |
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| one of her stunts was the loop-the-loop, where Bessie would fly her plane straight up in the air, turn upside down, an make large loops in the sky. |
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| Bessie took a class to learn to become a manicurist, and soon she found a job at the White Sox Barbershop on Chicago's Southside. |
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| She and her mechanic, William Wills, took the plane up to pick up a spot for the parachute jump. |
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