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"All work and no play makes Elizabeth a dull violinist" So, here's what she likes to do to keep life fun and interesting! Aviation runs in Elizabeth's family, and although she is not a pilot herself, she loves to be in the skies.

Fun Facts about Elizabeth

Birthday: December 5th
Sign: Sagittarius
Favorite Sports: Tennis, Skiing, Waterskiing
Favorite Games: Pool and Ping Pong
Favorite Teams: USC Trojans!!!

Carlsbad, CA-My first flight in a two seat open cockpit biplane, a 1928 Travel Air 4000.
USC vs. Arizona, with the most loyal Trojan fans ever, Roger and Joyce Stewart and their daughter Carolyn, the two of whom are also my Gamma Phi Beta sorority sisters.
Lollapalooza 2009, Chicago. You can see my cousin Anna onstage playing viola in the Airborne Toxic Event on the mainstage!
Trip to Big Bear, CA, for breakfast on a beautiful Sunday morning in a perfectly restored 1974 Cessna Cardinal B. Lake Tahoe paradise in July 2009. Getting ready for lunch at the Hyatt after wakeboarding with friend/photographer Joy Strotz. Whistler, Canada

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Favorite Activities: Rollerblading
Favorite Movies: Dr. Strangelove, Johnny English
Favorite Actresses: Judy Garland, Mae West
Dream Car: Tesla Roadster
Things I enjoy: Wine tasting in Napa Valley
Siblings: My awesome brother David, who grew up playing the cello
but became an aeronautical engineer. The most eligible bachelor around!

PA 7 Pitcairn Mailwing which was the star of the movie 1938 "Blaze of Noon", flown by Paul Mantz, Howard Hughes, and Amelia Earhart, in the Harold Pitcairn Museum at Oshkosh, the largest airshow in the country.
Vacationing on Rum Cay, Bahamas with my family last August, we WISH this was our plane!
Tesla Roadster Dream Car
My hero, the all-time Supercross Champion Jeremy McGrath in Anaheim Stadium. (It is really hard to photograph these guys!!)
Getting ready to waterski behind a beautiful 18' Donzi Classic on Lake Granbury, TX

Scariest thing I ever did: Paragliding off a mountain in
Bulgaria (tandem with an instructor of course)
Things I want to learn to do: Scuba Diving, Windsurfing, Ballrooom dance (Tango)
Things I am passionate about: Watching classic movies of great Hollywood
entertainers and comedians on the big screen at the Arclight Cinemas in Hollywood.

Just having tons of fun on Lake Granbury, TX!
Getting ready for a day of fun and adventure at Mammoth, sans violin!!! Last season I skiied Mammoth Mountain in the Sierra's, it is HUGE!
Some gorgeous spring skiing last May at Snowbird, Utah- inspiring views of nature rejuvenate creativity!
My brother and me, after a long day of exploring the Cays in a little whaler.
New Year's Eve on the beach at Pete's Pub in Little Harbour, Abaco, Bahamas!
Ski-biking for the first time, what a blast!! Vail, CO 2009 The Vail Ski-Biking crew! Feb 2009 Snowmobiling at Sullapalooza in the back country, Vail, Colorado 2.09

Pitcairn Autogiro: You can see it fly and land in a movie called
It Happened One Night, starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert.
Recommended movie: Love in the Afternoon, starring Audrey Hepburn,
Gary Cooper and Maurice Chevalier. See it for the gypsy fiddler band that
Cooper has on his payroll, they even continue to play out the windows of a taxi!
Favorite Heroine: Bruenhilde (Attention all heroes: if you are wondering who
she is, go see Wagner's Ring Cycle)

Vacationing on Bridges Cay, Abaco, Bahamas
Our late Great Uncle Harold Pitcairn’s personal custom 1928 PA-5 NC6708 Mailwing now resides at Hoag Airfield, PA in the possession of my brother, who is carrying on the family tradition in aviation. There are 7 Mailwings still flying today.
Mailwing in flight at Hoag Airfield, PA, piloted by David Pitcairn 11/26/2006 "There are a total of 14 mailwings in existence and six or seven flying today." This PA-5 was Harold Pitcairn's personal mailwing, is currently in the possesion of my brother David, an aeronautical engineer, and was featured in the 1932 movie "Central Airport". It is currently undgergoing extensive restoration back to its original and authentic state. The star of the film Blaze of Noon is a PA-7 mailwing on view at the Experimental Aircraft Association Museum at OshKosh, Wisconsin. Others can be seen at the Shannon Air Museum in Virginia, and the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C.
David flying the 1941 Boeing PT-17 "Stearman": Taken from a Tiger Moth when they flew in formation over Van Sant Airport. August, 2008
Brother David's 1941 Boeing PT-17 "Stearman" post landing at Van Sant Airport, Bucks County, PA August 31, 2008
12/2007 Elizabeth at her Aviation Pioneer and Collier Trophy winner Great Uncle Harold Pitcairn's Museum at the former Pitcairn Field in Willowgrove, PA, now a Naval Airbase.
A Pitcairn PA-18 Autogiro from 1932 flown by Andrew King over the Ohio countryside, former owners include Anne Strawbridge of Strawbridge and Clothier, and Harold Pitcairn's nephew Nathan Pitcairn.
Flying with my brother in his 1941 Boeing PT-17 "Stearman" in PA, May 2009
Meeting my hero, legendary pilot Bob Hoover at the Reno Air Races 2009. He was named third best pilot in the world in the Aviation Hall of Fame.
David's 1941 Boeing PT-17 "Stearman" and Dad's Lambada UFM-13 glider outside the hangar in PA. May 2009
My favorite thing to do on a gorgeous day is rollerblade along the beach in Santa Monica with my friend Natalie.
I came across my dream dog, a "frenchie" while hiking in Runyon Canyon in LA. His name was Byblos!
My family at cousin Ellen's wedding in Austin, TX 9-24-05
Surfing off Martha's Vineyard
August 2008 Learning to jetski at the Peter Michael winery reservoir.

Other activities: In high school, I used to ride horses and show
competitively, hunt seat equestrian style. My Texas Aunt gave me my first
horse at 14, she had saved him from starvation. His name was Dusty Daredevil
but we called him "Linus" It cost more to truck him up from Texas than he
was worth, but he as well loved. My next horse was a confirmation
gray named Wavelength. He passed away from cancer one summer
while I was a student at Encore before college. My parents didn't tell me until
I got home! I am still mad about that. Then my senior year of high school,
I got the most beautiful bay horse ever, and he knew it. I couldn't help it,
I had just gotten my Strad about the same time, so I named him
Stradivarius. It was pretty funny when they announced
us entering the ring at horse shows :)

I met Announcer Frank Kingston Smith, Jr. at the Reno Air Races in October 2006! His father was the author of “Legacy of Wings”, the book about great-uncle Harold Pitcairn’s extensive contributions to early aviation, including the Pitcairn Mailwing and the autogiro, available on Amazon.com.
With my bro David at Snowbird, Utah. Thanksgiving Weekend, 2006
With Maxim and Harry Eskenazy on a Bulgarian canon in March 2002. We climbed 900 steps in the snow up to this historical landmark of great Bulgarian bravery. Located in the Balkan Mountains in Bulgaria, Peak Shipka was the scene of a battle of the 1887 War of Independence. A handful of independent Bulgarian soldiers held off the mighty Ottoman Empire Army for many days until the Tsar Russian Liberation army arrived! This was the day after we finished recording of my second CD: Bruch and Sarasate with the Sofia Philharmonic. Maxim conducted, and his brother Harry played violin in the orchestra. Things were cheap then in Bulgaria. We were able to hire a car and driver for $50 for the entire day, and had a great time visiting many of Bulgaria’s historical landmarks.
After school, my sport was riding. My first horse, given to me at age 14 by my aunt "Dusty Daredevil" nicknamed "Linus." She had rescued him. This was my second horse, “Wavelength”, ridden by my trainer Wendy McCook at a horse show in PA. He was a beautiful confirmation gray thoroughbred. Wave got cancer when he was only twelve, and died during the summer of 1990 while I was away at violin camp. This was my third and last horse, “Stradivarius”, ridden by my trainer’s son, Sean McCook in 1991. I only had him for one year and had to say goodbye when I left for USC I named him after my violin, which had just come home from auction in London. He was sold to a lady in my barn and was happily cared for the rest of his life.
Sightseeing in Moscow. I am standing in front of St. Basil’s Cathedral, which was built in the 16th century by Ivan the Terrible. On completion, he had his architect blinded so that he would never again build anything which could rival its beauty. I was there to compete in the 1998 Tchaikovsky International Violin Competition and managed to escape with my eyes intact. It is a special treat when I am in PA visiting my parents and my Dad takes me gliding! A tow plane takes us to 4000 ft., and then he cuts us loose and we glide down. My Dad, the glider pilot, is happiest when he is "soaring"
July 2008 First attempt at rock climbing at the top of Aspen Mountain, CO. Riding the Gondola at the Aspen Music Festival with Joyce and Roger Stewart July 2008 12/16/07 Riding horses in the morning while attending the five star horse show featuring Olympic caliber riders called "Casas Novas" in La Coruna, Spain on a holiday with Monica, a Spanish friend from high school days.
Meeting The Mothman in Pt. Pleasant, West Virginia, September 2009. Skiing at Diamond Peak in Tahoe, February 2010.


Hi everyone, this is Barbara, Elizabeth's assistant. If you have any questions you would like answered about Elizabeth, email me, Barbara, at info@elizabethpitcairn.com
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