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That was Hidler's last jump, but she continued flying aircraft at Glenn Martin's school, where Floyd was instructing pilots for World War 1. 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 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 "Dropping Three Thousand Feet By Parachute," Aerial Age Weekly, Volume 1, number 17 (July 12, 1915), page 403