The flying adventures of Jessie Keith "Chubbie" Miller
Subtitle: the Southern hemisphere's first international aviatrix
By: Chrystopher J. Spicer
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9781476665313
Subjects: Women in aeronautics; Women air pilots; Biography; History
Description: "Pioneer aviatrix Jessie "Chubbie" Miller made a significant contribution to aviation history. The first woman to fly from England to Australia, she was the first to fly more than 8000 miles, to cross the equator in the air and to traverse the Australian continent north to south"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-256) and index.
Table of contents: title: Under the Southern cross; title: Into the air; title: So close, so far away; title: Australia fair; title: Burning bridges; title: The powder puff derby; title: Flying the Ford tour; title: Lost in the Bermuda triangle; title: Hard times down South; title: An awful thing has happened; title: England, my England.