Before Amelia : women pilots in the early days of aviation /

Before Amelia is the remarkable story of the worldÆs women pioneer aviators who braved the skies during the early days of flight. While most books have only examined the women aviators of a single country, Eileen Lebow looks at an international spectrum of pilots and their influence on each other. T...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lebow, Eileen F.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Brassey's, Inc., ©2002.
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
Women air pilots > Biography.
Aeronautics > History.
Femmes pilotes d'aéronef > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
TRANSPORTATION > Aviation > History.
Aeronautics
Women air pilots
Flugzeugführerin
Geschichte 1910-1916.
collective biographies.
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. In the beginning
  • 2. L'aéroplane est là!
  • 3. Vive les femmes!
  • 4. Den Tragödien unseres berufes
  • 5. The imperial eagle sprouts new wings
  • 6. The English catch the bug
  • 7. America gets wings
  • 8. Official bird
  • 9. A second bird takes to the air
  • 10. Star quality
  • 11. Superstar II
  • 12. Little sister
  • 13. More rare birds
  • 14. The challenge is there
  • appendix. The fliers
  • Notes on sources
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the author.

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