Editing Barnstorming (section)

====Flying circuses====
Although barnstormers often worked alone or in very small teams, some also organized large "flying circuses" with multiple planes and stunt people. These acts employed [[promoter (entertainment)|promoters]] to book shows in towns ahead of time. They were the largest and most organized of all of the barnstorming acts. Well-known circuses included the Five Blackbirds (an [[African American]] flying group), the Flying Aces Air Circus, the [[13 Black Cats]], Mabel Cody’s Flying Circus, the Inman Brothers Flying Circus, and the [[Marie Meyer Flying Circus]].<ref name="Corbett">{{cite book |editor-last1=Corbett |editor-first1=Katharine T. |author-first1=Joan |author-last1=Cooper |chapter= Marie Meyer's Flying Circus |title=In her place : a guide to St. Louis women's history |date=1999 |publisher=Missouri Historical Society Press |location=St. Louis |isbn=978-1883982300 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KWLbbcCQ0T8C&pg=PA241 |pages=241–242}}</ref> Perhaps the largest and most successful of these was the [[Ivan R. Gates#Barnstormer and entrepreneur|Gates Flying Circus]], which attracted in its heyday tens of thousands to a single show.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sandiegoairandspace.org/exhibits/online-exhibit-page/can-you-outdo-this |title=Can You Outdo This?? |publisher=[[San Diego Air & Space Museum]]}}</ref> A ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine article estimated it staged 2000 air meets in 44 states.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,882465,00.html |title=Aeronautics: Ringling of the Air |date=December 5, 1932 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref><ref name=allthings/>