Item #E22910 The Sky's the Limit: Women Pioneers in Aviation. Wendy Boase.

The Sky's the Limit: Women Pioneers in Aviation

Macmillan Pub Co, 1980. First American edition. Hardcover. First American edition. Hardcover. Fine condition with fine dust jacket. 223 pages. Black and white photographs. Bibliography and index. A captivating look at an international group of women flyers who first took to the air in the pioneering days of flight despite frequent scorn and ridicule. By the late 1920s onward, however, they demainded to be traeted as full-fledged professionals rather than publicity seeking amateurs. Among those the reader will meet are te Dutchess of Bedford, Lady Heath and Lady Bailey, America Earhart, Amy Johnson, Anne Lindbergh, Hanna Reitsch and others. Fine / fine. Item #E22910
ISBN: 9780025119703

Price: $12.50

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