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The flying adventures of Jessie Keith "Chubbie" Miller : the Southern hemisphere's first international aviatrix / Chrystopher J. Spicer.
Van Pelt Library TL540.M525 S65 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Spicer, Chrystopher J., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Miller, Jessie Keith.
- Women air pilots--Australia--Biography.
- Women air pilots.
- Women in aeronautics--History.
- Women in aeronautics.
- History.
- Australia.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 262 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2017]
- Summary:
- "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"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 1 Under the Southern Cross 9
- 2 Into the Air 25
- 3 So Close, So Far Away 45
- 4 Australia Fair 66
- 5 Burning Bridges 88
- 6 The Powder Puff Derby 97
- 7 Flying the Ford Tour 122
- 8 Lost in the Bermuda Triangle 136
- 9 Hard Times Down South 154
- 10 An Awful Thing Has Happened 171
- 11 England, My England 209.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781476665313
- 1476665311
- OCLC:
- 951509699
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