Editing Ruth Chatterton (section)

===Flying===
Chatterton was one of the few woman aviators of her era, and was good friends with [[Amelia Earhart]].<ref>{{harvnb|Jones|2009|p=45}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Wallach|Taube|Zachary|Roseman|2008|p=121}}</ref> She flew solo across the U.S. several times, and served as sponsor of the Sportsman Pilot Mixed Air Derby and the annual Ruth Chatterton Air Derby during the 1930s; she also opened the National Air Races in Los Angeles in 1936.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=-b8aAQAAMAAJ&q=%22ruth+chatterton%22+amelia ''The Sportswoman (Magazine): Volume 12, Issue 11'' p. 8]</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Matowitz|2006|p=59}}</ref>
She taught British film and stage actor [[Brian Aherne]] to fly, an experience he described at length in his 1969 autobiography ''A Proper Job''.<ref>{{harvnb|Aherne|1969|pp=230–231}}</ref>