Laura Ingalls' Pontoonless Plane Out For First Test Flight -- "What, no pontoons?" this was the remark typical of veteran airmen when they viewed the New Lockheed Monoplane in which Miss Laura Ingalls, crack woman flier, hopes to fly to France. "Certainly Not," said Miss Ingalls Disdainfully. "When i land this Bourget Airdrome!" The Eyes of the World are focussed on Miss Ingalls' forthcoming trans-Atlantic race with Miss Ruth Nichols. June 09, 1931. (Photo by International Newsreel Photo).