the only woman on the race who owned a little biplane to be sworn by eddy pedler and 30-year-old dilas penoblebad luck struck one wobbly little plane after the other. the pilots crawled out unhurt but their plane was finished. three other planes took off but were back within minutes with torn fuselages or torn wings. only three planes made it into the sky. the aloha, the willow rock, mr. ran and the golden eagle two of those planes would never be seen again. 26 hours and 17 minutes after taking off, the woller rock landed in hawaii to a welcoming crowd. pilot art gobel and williams david had won the 25,000. a few hours later the aloha arrived, they would share the $10,000. the pineapple company that got all the publicity and then sph handed out the checks. pretty mildred doran was missing along with his crew. so was the golden eagle. two more fliers took off from oakland vowing to look for the missing planes, they too would never been seen again. in all 10 people were lost. but the dole race was an epic adventure, a cause for celebration. >>> when we come back on a second look, remembering the