Basic Info Name: Aminah Akers Sex: Female Age: 22 Birthday: 12/10/1903 Nationality: American Character Type Archetype: Adventurer Class Status: Petite Bourgeoisie Profession: Pilot/Barnstormer Details Physical Description: A young girl in her early 20's, has a head of blonde hair in a short bob cut, blue eyes and a pretty boyish looking figure when in her pilot jumpsuit who could be mistaken for being male from a distance. She is never without a cigarette in her mouth, a perpetual chain smoker who is either awake and smoking, or off in a corner somewhere sleeping, preferably in the cockpit of her plane. She has a fair complexion with light tan marks around her eyes from a pair of goggles and a look that would mark her as attractive if it wasn't for the grease marks and minor cuts and scrapes that usually reside on her face, hands, and arms. During her time away from the aerodrome, she wears a short dress, coming down to her knees or on occasion a men's three piece suit. Background: The daughter of a family who after the war went into a stint of barnstorming with their surplus bought Curtiss JN Jenny biplanes, her older brother a retired WW1 veteran and pilot, and father an enterpeneur who sought to earn a pretty penny by taking advantage of the options offered in the land of military surplus coming back from Europe. Her mother was a supportive housewife who took care of the advertisements and negotiations where they would perform along with their finances. Aminah worked with her family until the tightening regulations on flying and barnstorming started forcing her family out of the business, but after having saved up a fine sum of money she set out to find new jobs in the field while her family settled back down on their farm with their new riches. Oweing to their supply of planes still on hand and the number of pilots in the family allowed them to give plane rides to the locals although they have cut back on the daredevil performances. Aminah went on with her partner and mechanic, Elizabeth Martin in search for a flying job anywhere that her plane would take her. Their travels first brought them to Philadelphia where they started running mail between major northeast cities such as New York, Boston, and Pittsburg. This was one of her slow times where she managed to pick up on the inner workings of the planes she flew, as well as trained on different types such as floatplanes and multi engines. She also picked up some repair as well, maintaining her own plane over the time she was working for the mail carrier service as well as cargo and passenger carrying. One day they reached Hammerstrike where there was a fledgeling mail service starting up and with promise of steady money and lots of flying, she quit her post with carrying mail for the Philadelphia company and started working in Hammerstrike to work for her own future. Her array of planes is pretty impressive, although most usually sit in a garage/hangar until they are needed. Special Abilities and Talents: Piloting - Acrobatic and daredevil pilot. Can pull most maneuvers and also judge by sight if her plane will fit through, above, or under an obstacle. Mechanics - Knows enough to troubleshoot and keep her plane in running shape, especially the engine. Able to jury rig repairs if needed, but doesn't know enough to do major repairs or overhauls. Negotiation - Has knowlege in negotiating contracts and prices effectively Tinkerer - Likes to soup up her planes with the help of Elizabeth, upgrading engines, streamlining, new parts etc. Languages known - English, basic French Planes owned Curtiss Falcon (Civilian model) - Same as military model except with no machineguns, but has a tesla coil mount on the wings. Although it retains the mounts to attach guns. Ford Trimotor - Unmodified civilian version. Tuned engines for slightly more power. Sikorsky S-38 - Flying boat. Usually docked at port on Lake Erie.