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Our Marin 99, Diane Rearwin Root shares history of her father’s Rearwin Aircraft: 1929 – 1940

Published April 19, 2022 News 1 Comment

Over the last few years, Diane Rearwin Root has donated much of her father’s memorabilia to the Pioneer Flight Museum in Kingsbury, Texas. Roger Freeman has restored and occasionally flies the Rearwin bi-wing (photo below). Only 6 of these airplanes were built, one of which Ruth Nichols flew in the very first Powder Puff Derby in 1929.

The Rearwin Bi-wing flown by Ruth Nichols in the first Powder Puff Derby in 1929. Only 6 prototypes were built.
Roger Freeman and Diane Rearwin Root in front of a Rearwin Sportster. This is one of 273 of the single engine sport monoplanes built in1935.

1 Response to “Our Marin 99, Diane Rearwin Root shares history of her father’s Rearwin Aircraft: 1929 – 1940”

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  1. 1 clpickett April 19, 2022 at 6:28 pm

    Thanks, These stories are the threads that bind us together in this wonderful world of flying.


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