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Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History

by Keith O'Brien

The untold story of five women who fought to compete against men in the high-stakes national air races of the 1920s and 1930s — and won Between the world wars, no sport was more popular, or more dangerous, than airplane racing. Thousands of fans flocked to multi‑day events, and cities vied with one another to host them. The pilots themselves were hailed as d

Publisher

Eamon Dolan/Mariner Books

Publication date

Mar 05, 2019

Format

Print edition

Pages

384

ISBN

9781328592798