The Flying Adventures of Jessie Keith "Chubbie" Miller - The Southern Hemisphere's First International Aviatrix

Pioneer aviatrix Jessie "Chubbie" Miller made a significant contribution to aviation history. The first woman to fly from England to her native Australia (as co-pilot with her close friend Captain Bill Lancaster), she was also the first woman to fly more than 8000 miles, to cross the equator in the air and to traverse the Australian continent north to south.
Moving to America, Miller was a popular member of a group of female aviators that included Amelia Earhart, Bobby Trout, Pancho Barnes and Louise Thaden. As a competitor in international air races and a charter member of the first organization for women flyers, the Ninety-Nines, she quickly became famous. Her career was interrupted by her involvement in Lancaster's sensational Miami trial for the murder of her lover, Haden Clarke, and by Lancaster's disappearance a few years later while flying across the Sahara desert.

List of contents

¿Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Prologue

One.¿Under the Southern Cross

Two.¿Into the Air

Three.¿So Close, So Far Away

Four.¿Australia Fair

Five.¿Burning Bridges

Six.¿The Powder Puff Derby

Seven.¿Flying the Ford Tour

Eight.¿Lost in the Bermuda Triangle

Nine.¿Hard Times Down South

Ten.¿An Awful Thing Has Happened

Eleven.¿England, My England

Epilogue: Full Circle

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the author

Chrystopher J. Spicer has written extensively about Australian and American film and history. He teaches writing and communication at James Cook University in Queensland, Australia.

Product details

• Authors: Chrystopher J. Spicer, Spicer Chrystopher J.
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.02.2017
• EAN: 9781476665313
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-6531-3
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 363 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Aviation and space engineering; TRANSPORTATION / Aviation / General, Australia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Aircraft and aviation, Aircraft: general interest, military aviation