Word: aviatrix
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...fear of flight. To counteract the fear propaganda of Fannie Ward and other parents who do their broadcasting less publicly, United Air Lines last week had a new project afoot. It was a child's book called Air Babies, mothered by Elvy Kalep, a pretty Estonian aviatrix who once aspired to fly the Atlantic, colorfully. illustrating the adventures of two cheerful little winged sprites, Speedy and his sister Happy-Wings. Various other winged characters teach Speedy and his sister air lore, give them unending confidence in air travel. Its object: to take advantage of the fact that attitudes...
...southern route (1 were unable to take off from the San Francisco airport and therefore gave up their plans, 2 were lost in the Pacific, 3 completed their flight successfully, 4 did not have sufficient funds to complete the flight, 5 were stopped by George P. Putnam, the aviatrix's husband...
...sleek, silver Auto Union with the motor mounted in the rear, amuses grease-stained U. S. racers by strolling about the track in dressy shorts and green Tyrolean hat. In off hours he has been taught to fly by his wife, Elly Beinhorn, Germany's most famed aviatrix...
...making a round-the-world flight, the world's No. 1 aviatrix cracked up in Hawaii in her first try three months ago. With her Lockheed Electro, patched up, she took off in the opposite direction June 1 with Fred Noonan, onetime ace navigator for Pan American Airways,* flew leisurely to South America, Africa, India, Australia with a minimum of newspaper or public interest. July 1 they left Lae, New Guinea for the "worst section"-the 2,550 miles of open ocean to tiny Rowland Island, where no plane had ever been. With typical stunt flyer's negligence...
...Croydon, England police court imposed in absentia a $5 fine for speeding upon Aviatrix Amy Johnson Mollison, who cabled from the U. S. expressing "extreme regret at the unintentional offense...