Atlantic Furies : The Women Who Risked Everything to be the First to Fly

Atlantic Furies : The Women Who Risked Everything to be the First to FlyAuthor: Gillies, Midge 20th century Published on 23 October 2025 by Scribe Publications in the United Kingdom. Hardback 416 pages, 8pp bw pic sec 245 x 164 x 39 660g This is the astounding story of the six female aviators who battled to become the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean by plane. In the early 20th century, the dream of crossing the Atlantic by air was as potent as putting a man on the moon would be 50 years later. But many people

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