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Cast

Tom Skerritt

Tom Skerritt

Narrator

Kathy Bates

Kathy Bates

Pancho Barnes (Voice)

Crew

Nick Spark

Nick Spark

Writer

Amanda Pope

Amanda Pope

Director

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The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club

20095.2 / 100
Documentary, History

Overview

Award-winning documentary about one of the most colorful women pilots of the early 20th century

A documentary profile of Pasadena society girl turned adventurer and aviator, Florence Lowe "Pancho" Barnes. In the 1920's and 30's, Barnes was Hollywood's top woman stunt pilot. In the 1940's and 50's, she owned and operated the (in)famous "Happy Bottom Riding Club" - a fly-in resort located near Edwards Air Force Base.