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Winifred Spooner

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

In 1928 she took the 3rd place in the seventh King's Cup Race . She also participated in three out of four International Tourist Plane Contests Challenge (Challenge 1929, Challenge 1930, Challenge 1932), as one ot only two women; being one of top contestants and taking the 4th place in 1930.

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