Magnificent Women and Flying Machines

The First 200 Years of British Women in the Sky

New Paperback Illustrated

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Amy Johnson’s solo flight to Australia in 1930 made her one of the most famous pilots of the age and she was continuing a tradition of pioneering British women aviators that was already well over a century old. Celebrating that legacy, Sally Smith tells the stories of aeronautical trailblazers from balloonists of the 18th century to astronaut Helen Sharman.

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