Was planning to participate in a New York to Rome air race.
Brothers Chadwick Smith, Leslie Smith and Lee Smith were pilots.
Died after being struck by an airplane propeller. She had just finished a photo shoot with Miss Ohio of 1927 when she jumped down from the wing of her plane and walked into the still spinning propeller.
At the time of her death was filming "The Queen of Ohio Meets the Queen of the Air.
Held records for parachute jumps from 200 to 16,000 feet.
Would dance the Charleston on the wing of her plane while thousands of feet in the air.