In 1994, the Computer Sciences Corporation released a documentary titled, "The Happy Bottom Riding Club: The Legacy of Pancho Barnes."


Ms. Barnes was a Hollywood stunt pilot, air race pilot, and test pilot. She was a contemporary of early American woman barnstorming pilots such as Amelia Earhart and Jackie Cochran.

After World War II, her Happy Bottom Riding Club ranch in the Mojave Desert became a hub for social life at Edwards Air Force Base. Test pilot Chuck Yeager was the first member of her "club."


This documentary was funded by the Department of Defense Legacy Resource Management Program, for the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards AFB.


For more about the "Right Stuff" era at Edwards, visit the Air Force Flight Test Center Museum web site at https://www.afftcmuseum.org/.