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Diana Barnato Walker. Diana Barnato Walker (ur. 15 stycznia 1918, zm. 28 kwietnia 2008) – brytyjska lotniczka, pilot Air Transport Auxiliary w czasie drugiej wojny światowej, pierwsza Brytyjka, która przekroczyła prędkość dźwięku. Życiorys. Urodziła się w Londynie podczas nalotu prowadzonego przez niemiecki sterowiec .
Diana Barnato Walker klatrer ombord i en Spitfire mens hun tjenestegjorde i Air Transport Auxiliary. Diana Barnato Walker (født 15. januar 1918 i London, død 28. april 2008 i Surrey) var en britisk flyger og rytter. Hun var den første britiske kvinnen som brøt lydmuren.
Diana Barnato Walker – Spreading My Wings: One of Britain's Top Women Pilots Tells Her Remarkable Story from Pre-War Flying to Breaking the Sound Barrier (2003) ISBN 1-904010-31-8 Michael Hay – Bentley Factory Cars 1919–1931 (1993)
Diana Barnato Walker MBE FRAeS (15 January 1918 – 28 April 2008) was a pioneering British 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. In 1963, she became the first British woman to break the sound barrier, flying at Mach 1.6, which also represented a world air speed record for women.
Daughter of Woolf Barnato, as a girl she had an interest in aircraft and age 20 she learned to fly Tiger Moths at the Brooklands Flying Club, making her first solo flight after only six hours of instruction.
Combine Editions. Diana Barnato Walker’s books. Average rating: 4.23 · 66 ratings · 5 reviews · 1 distinct work • Similar authors. Spreading My Wings. 4.23 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 1994 — 11 editions. Want to Read. saving…. Want to Read. Currently Reading.
24 de jul. de 2021 · Diana Barnato Walker who died on April 28 [1980] aged 90 , occupied an almost legendary position in the world of aviation: as well as being one of a handful of “Atagirls”, women who served during the war as ATA (Air Transport Auxiliary) pilots delivering newly-built and battle-ready aircraft to airfields all over southern England, in 1963 she became the first British woman to break the ...
