Chrystopher J. Spicer

The Flying Adventures of Jessie Keith Chubbie Miller

The Southern Hemisphere's First International Aviatrix

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Produktbeschreibung

Pioneer aviatrix Jessie "Chubbie" Miller made a significant contribution to aviation history. The first woman to fly from England to her native Australia (as co-pilot with her close friend Captain Bill Lancaster), she was also the first woman to fly more than 8000 miles, to cross the equator in the air and to traverse the Australian continent north to south. Moving to America, Miller was a popular member of a group of female aviators that included Amelia Earhart, Bobby Trout, Pancho Barnes and Louise Thaden. As a competitor in international air races and a charter member of the first organization for women flyers, the Ninety-Nines, she quickly became famous. Her career was interrupted by her involvement in Lancaster's sensational Miami trial for the murder of her lover, Haden Clarke, and by Lancaster's disappearance a few years later while flying across the Sahara desert.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 449g
• ISBN-13: 9781476665313
• ISBN-10: 1476665311
• Artikelnr.: 45114845

Autorenporträt

Chrystopher J. Spicer has written extensively about Australian and American film and history. He teaches writing and communication at James Cook University in Queensland, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Prologue One.
Under the Southern Cross Two.
Into the Air Three.
So Close, So Far Away Four.
Australia Fair Five.
Burning Bridges Six.
The Powder Puff Derby Seven.
Flying the Ford Tour Eight.
Lost in the Bermuda Triangle Nine.
Hard Times Down South Ten.
An Awful Thing Has Happened Eleven.
England, My England Epilogue: Full Circle Chapter Notes Bibliography Index