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29 de ago. de 2008 · Diana Barnato Walker Grub Street Publishers , Aug 29, 2008 - Biography & Autobiography - 224 pages The remarkable autobiography of a pioneering female aviator who left a privileged life to serve in World War II.
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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Diana Barnato Walker was awarded the MBE in 1965 for services to aviation, and was a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society. In later years Diana Barnato Walker took up sheep farming and was master of the Old Surrey and Burstow foxhounds for thirteen seasons, while continuing to fly for the Women’s Junior Air Corps (renamed in 1964 the Girls’ Venture Corps).
Diana Barnato Walker (15 de janeiro de 1918 - 28 de abril de 2008), foi uma aviadora britânica e a primeira mulher a romper a barreira do som. [ 1 ] Diana Barnato Walker foi nomeada membro da Ordem do Império Britânico em 1965 por seus serviços na aviação, e foi membro da Real Sociedade Aeronáutica do Reino Unido.
The daughter of millionaire racing driver, Woolf Barnato, and granddaughter of Barney Barnato who cofounded the De Beers mining company, by 1936 Diana had had enough of her affluent, chaperoned existence and sought excitement in flying, soloing at Brooklands after only six hours' training. She has followed her own instincts ever since.
26 de ago. de 2023 · Diana Barnato Walker, MBE, died of pneumonia, 28 April 2008, in a hospital in Surrey, at the age of 90 years. Her funeral was held at Horne Church, Surrey, on Thursday, 15 May 2008. Diana Barnato-Walker flew this English Electric Lightning T.4, XM996, to Mach 1.6 at 30,000 feet, 26 August 1963.
29 de ago. de 2008 · Spreading My Wings: One of Britain's Top Women Pilots Tells Her Remarkable Story from Pre-war Flying to Breaking the Sound Barrier. Paperback – August 29, 2008. The daughter of millionaire racing driver, Woolf Barnato, and granddaughter of Barney Barnato who cofounded the De Beers mining company, by 1936 Diana had had enough of her affluent ...
