Before Amelia
Subtitle: Women Pilots in the Early Days of Aviation
Publisher: Potomac Books Inc.
Published: April 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9781574885323
Subjects: Women's studies; History; Sociology; History: American; USA; Women's Studies - General; Transportation / Aviation / History; Military - Aviation
First sentence: ON OCTOBER 22, 1909, at Chalons, France, a fragile aeroplane maneuvered across the field, turned, and, with motor at full gas, rushed and lifted into the air for a distance of some three hundred meters before settling down again.