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8 de mar. de 2024 · Diana Barnato: Bentley’s Flying Lady Daughter of three-time Le Mans winner Woolf Barnato, Diana Barnato Walker inherited her father’s flair and courageous spirit. She was an accomplished horsewoman and keen motorist, driving a Dove Grey Bentley 4¼ Litre Park Ward saloon. Like Mary Petre Bruce, flying became Diana’s lifelong passion.
1 de jan. de 1994 · Hardcover – January 1, 1994. 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.
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Diana Barnato Walker MBE FRAeS (15 January 1918 – 28 April 2008) was a pioneering English aviator. In World War II, she became one of the first women pilots of the Air Transport Auxiliary, flying 80 types of aircraft and delivering 260 Spitfires.
30 de nov. de 2023 · Diana Barnato Walker war Mitglied der Royal Aeronautical Society und wurde 1965 für ihre Verdienste um die Luftfahrt zum Member of the British Empire ernannt. Diana Barnato Walker starb am 28. April 2008 im Alter von 90 Jahren.
REEL 1 Background in GB, 1918-1939: family; education; decision to learn to fly; learning to fly at Brooklands Flying Club; first solo flight; warning recieved against flying from badly burned man. Recollections of enlistment and training as pilot with Air Transport Auxiliary in GB, 11/1941-4/1942: applying to join Air Transport Auxiliary and ...
10 de nov. de 2018 · The fascinating story of Diana Barnato Walker MBE. In this extract we hear how she decided to join the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) and flew the legendary S...
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9 de mai. de 2008 · May 08, 2008 - 18:00 EDT. Diana Barnato Walker es una de las figuras legendarias de la historia de la aviación, que marcó un hito en 1963 al convertirse en la primera mujer en romper la barrera ...
