Spreading My Wings: One of Britain's Top Women Pilots Tells Her
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Tells the extraordinary story of septuagenarian Diana Barnato Walker. Born to great wealth, she chose to step beyond the chaperoned world of privilege, becoming a wartime pilot in the Air Transport Auxiliary, and going on to break the speed record for women pilots, in 1963 flying a Lightning at 1262 mph. The book gives a fascinating insight into both the glamorous world of the very rich, and the thrills and hazards of wartime flying. It takes the reader into the daily life of the Air Transport Auxiliary, which delivered RAF aircraft to UK bases in World War II, sharing the dangers, cameraderie, and sorrows.
Author: Diana Barnato Walker
Format: Hardback, 224 pages, 156mm x 234mm
Published: 1994, Haynes Publishing Group, United Kingdom
Genre: Autobiography: Historical, Political & Military
Tells the extraordinary story of septuagenarian Diana Barnato Walker. Born to great wealth, she chose to step beyond the chaperoned world of privilege, becoming a wartime pilot in the Air Transport Auxiliary, and going on to break the speed record for women pilots, in 1963 flying a Lightning at 1262 mph. The book gives a fascinating insight into both the glamorous world of the very rich, and the thrills and hazards of wartime flying. It takes the reader into the daily life of the Air Transport Auxiliary, which delivered RAF aircraft to UK bases in World War II, sharing the dangers, cameraderie, and sorrows.