She is best known for racing her airplane twice around the world in 1992 and 1994 to silver and gold medal victories. She also flew solo across the Atlantic Ocean twice in single engine planes. In the 1980s she ferried a Mooney and in 1990 she flew a 51 year-old Bonanza across the Atlantic to the start of a London-Sydney competition. Marion began flying at age thirty-nine. In five years, she earned her private, instrument, commercial, instructor, and ATP credentials. In her lifetime, she founded three cross country speed air races open to all pilots and she co-founded the Air Race Classic. She lived 1926-1996.
The Ninety-Nines Museum Of Women Pilots
Marion P. Jayne Collection
