Winifred Spooner

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Winifred Spooner (September 1900 - January 13, 1933) was an English aviatrix of the 1920s and 1930s, and the winner of the Harmon Trophy as the world's outstanding aviatrix of 1929.

She earned pilot's license in 1926, and then she became active competitor in sports aviaton. In 1928 she took the 3rd place in the seventh King's Cup Race, and in the next King's Cup Race in 1929, she took the 5th place. She also participated in three out of four International Tourist Plane Contests Challenge (Challenge 1929, Challenge 1930, Challenge 1932), as one of only two women; being one of top contestants and taking the 10th place in 1929 and 4th place in 1930. In 1931, she took the 5th place in the King's Cup Race.

She is reported to have crashed a plane in Cleator Moor in Cumberland, UK. The date is unknown but the plane was taken to the Mill Yard and Miss Spooner is reported to have suffered no more than tattered stockings.