THE SKY'S THE LIMIT
Written by Wendy Boase
Published by Osprey Publishing
in 1979
ISBN: 0850453186
THE SKY'S THE LIMIT
Written by Wendy Boase.
Stock no. 595756
1st.
1979.
Hardback.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Women Pioneers in Aviation. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0850453186. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. Spine slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is lightly edge creased, fading to edges of rear panel.
Front cover
Contents
- Introduction
- 1. The Pioneers: 1910-1928
- 2. The Flying Duchess: Duchess of Bedford
- 3. Friendly Rivals: Lady Heath and Lady Bailey
- 4. 'Lady Lindy': Amelia Earhart
- 5. 'Amy, Wonderful Amy': Amy Johnson
- 6. The Woman's Decade: 1929-1939
- 7. The Quiet American: Anne Lindbergh
- 8. 'Try Again, Jean': Jean Batten
- 9. Women at War
- 10. The Flying Fraulein: Hanna Reitsch
- Postscript: The End of Pioneering
- Bibliography
- Index