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That was Hilder's last jump, but she continues flying
aircraft at Glenn Martin's school, where Floyd was
instructing pilots for World War I. She also flew as her
husband's observer when he was testing new types of aircraft.

When Gen. Scrivan had congratulated "Tiny" Broadwick
on her fine demonstration of parachuting, he had told her
she was a "plucky girl." She had replied, "I don't call it 
pluck. I call it joy." It was a for the joy of being free
and soaring through the air that these women made their
balloon flights and parachute jumps. And women were soon to
find joy and freedom in piloting their own airplanes.


1. Aerial Age Weekly, "Dropping
Three Thousand Feet by
Parachute," July 12, 1915, p. 403,
Vol. I, No. 17