Aviatrix Collection

Amy Johnson - pioneering English pilot
Amy Johnson (later Mollison) CBE (1903-1941) - pioneering English pilot who was the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia

Amy Johnson CBE (1903-1941) - pioneering English female pilot - pictured standing in front of her Gipsy Moth just before she undertook a 19-day solo flight to Australia

Sketch cover featuring Amelia Earhart by Olive Snell
Portrait of pioneering American aviator, Amelia Earhart (1897 - 1937) by society portraitist Olive Snell on the front cover of The Sketch magazine. Date: 1928

Flight / Flying Girl
Pretty young aviatrix in a belted leather flight coat, leather gauntlets, helmet & goggles

Heath / Avro Avian Plane
Mary Lady Heath, Irish aviator, and her Avro Avian: she was the first woman to fly solo from England to South Africa

Glamourous Aviatrix
A glamourous blond Aviatrix, sporting red goggles and a cream flying helmet and jumpsuit enjoys a well earned smoke in between flights

Percival P3 Gull Six, G-ADPR, Jean, used by Jean Batten
Percival P3 Gull Six, G-ADPR, Jean, used by Jean Gardner Batten, CBE, OSC (19091982), - a New Zealand aviatrix - on two record-breaking flights in the 1930s. Date: circa 1937

Amy Johnson alongside a Zogling primary glider
Amy Johnson CBE (1903-1941) - pioneering English female pilot (the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia) standing beside a Kegel-built Zogling primary glider, near Wendover

Lady members of the Heston Park flying club
A 3000 mile holiday tour by air by members of the Heston Park flying club, including a number of women pilots, set out from Heston Air Park (Aerodrome) in twenty aircraft

Marjorie Vereker and Adelaide Cleaver - Heston Aerodrome
Mrs Marjorie Rosamond Seton Dower Vereker (nee Mulliner) (1902-1992) and Adelaide Franklin Cleaver (nee Pollock) (1885-1939)

Aviatrix, Miss E. W. E. (Winifred) Spooner, 1900-1933
Aviatrix, Miss E.W.E. (Winifred) Spooner, 1900-1933, in 1931. Date: 1931

Shell Special Petrol - Shell Ltd. Date: 1933

Tecalemit Aircraft Lubrication Systems - Tecalemit Ltd. Date: 1936

Miss F. J. Crossley, Aviatrix
Miss F. J. Crossley, a female aviator who had recently competed in an air race around England. Date: 1931

Mrs Christa Brassey
Christa Brassey (1909-1986) was born Dorothea Christa Baronin von Bodenhausen. Here she is being celebrated for her talents as a linguist and aviatrix. Date: 1939

Lockheed Vega 5 NC658E (msn 55), in American Airways livery, with noted aviatrix Elinor Smith, at age 19, standing in front of it

Sheila Scott, English record-breaking aviator
Sheila Scott (Sheila Christine Hopkins, 1922-1988), English aviator who broke over 100 aviation records through her long distance flights

Aviator Antonia de Varelia in aviation style hat
The well-known female aviator, Antonia de Vareli photographed in a close-fitting helmet style hat made of silk and lined with suede. 1928

Abdulla cigarette advertisement featuring woman aviator
Advertisement for Abdulla cigarettes featuring a female aviator, ready for take off, armed with a packet of her favourite brand. Date: 1929

Juanita Burns - Aviatrix
circa 1910s

GLAMOROUS AVIATRIX
A glamorous blond Aviatrix, sporting red goggles and a cream flying helmet and jumpsuit enjoys a well earned smoke in between flights Date: 1933

Marjorie Vereker in her aircraft at Heston Aerodrome
Mrs Marjorie Rosamond Seton Dower Vereker (nee Mulliner) (1902-1992) in her aircraft at Heston Aerodrome at the annual flying meeting of The Brigade of Guards at their HQ at Heston Air Park where

Lady Bailey preparing for flight in Zogling glider
Dame Mary Bailey, Lady Bailey, DBE (nee Westenra) (1890-1960), Irish aviator, trying the controls in preparation for her flight in the Zogling primary glider near Wendover in Buckinghamshire

Lady Bailey preparing for flight in Zogling glider
Dame Mary Bailey, Lady Bailey, DBE (nee Westenra) (1890-1960), Irish aviator, trying the controls in preparation for her flight in the Zogling primary glider near Wendover in Buckinghamshire

Sketch cover - Diana Guest Manning
Miss Diana Guest, later Manning (1909-1994), daughter of Captain Freddie Guest, who recently took her pilots A certificate. One of a number of society women taking to the air in the inter-war period

The Arrival of Amelia Earhart at Southampton on June 18th, 1928 following her flight across the Atlantic (becoming the first woman to travel the route as a passenger)

Front cover of The Tatler - Miss Amy Johnson
Portrait of Amy Johnson, CBE (1903 -1941), on the front cover of The Tatler, 6th August 1930. Amy Johnson was a pioneering English aviatrix

Lady Victoria Brady (nee Pery) (1893 - 1918), only daughter of the 4th Earl and Countess of Limerick. Lady Victoria was a keen aviator and made a number of flights with Gustav Hamel

Dorothy Spicer, aviator
Dorothy Norman Spicer, married name Pearce (1908- 1946), aviator and pioneering aeronautical engineeer. Together with her business partner Pauline Gower set up a successful aeronautical company

Peggy Salaman, 19 year old aviatress, who flew from Lympe in Kent to Cape Town, South Africa in November 1931, beating the existing record set by Glen Kidston by more than a day

The Mollisons at St. Moritz, 1933 (Amy Johnson)
Aviation power couple, Amy Johnson and her husband Jim Mollison, pictured on the slopes at the fashionable ski resort of St. Moritz. Date: 1933

Amelia Earhart Greeted at Southampton
Amelia Earhart is greeted by local dignitaries at Southampton on June 18th, 1928 following her flight across the Atlantic (becoming the first woman to travel the route as a passenger)

Gieves outfitters advertisement for flying helmets & goggles
Advertisement for Gieves of Old Bond Street and Burlington Arcade, London, outfitters to the Royal Air Force, specifically promoting their flying helmets which are endorsed by female aviator

Madge Titheradge in The Best of Luck
Madge Titheradge (1887-1961) Australian born actress, pictured in a fetching aviator costume for her role in " The Best of Luck" at which opened at Drury Lane in 1916. Date: 1916

Lady Drogheda as a plough girl, World War One
Lady Drogheda, formerly Kathleen Burn, dressed in a pictureseque dress to plough a field. The Countess of Drogheda, born Kathleen Moore Pelham Burn married the 10th Earl of Drogheda in 1909

Jean Batten in 1934
Jean Batten (1909 - 1982). Pioneering aviator from New Zealand. In May 1934 Batten successfully flew solo from England to Australia in the Gipsy Moth

Aviatrix Miss Spooner talking with Lord Thompson
Aviatrix, Miss E.W.E. (Winifred) Spooner, talking with Lord Thompson in front of a Gypsy Moth at Stag Lane before making a demonstration flight using petrol derived from British coal

Jean Batten in 1937

Indoor ski school at Piccadilly Circus
Miss Audrey Sale-Barker, the well-known aviatrix, at the opening of the new ski school at the Criterion building, Piccadilly Circus, London. Date: 1931

Courtaulds advertisement
Advertisement for Courtaulds Dress and Lingerie Fabrics, allowing modern woman to retain her effeminate daintiness, even as an intrepid aviatress apparently. Date: 1931

Peggy Salaman in court dress
Peggy Salamon, 19 year old aviator, who broke the record for the flight from England to Cape Town, South Africa in 1931, in court dress as a debutante the year before. Date: 1931

Flying women work for the Prime Minister
Miss Delia Crossley, using her aeroplane to promote the interests of the government, and brandishing a poster of Ramsay Macdonald. Date: 1931

Florence Desmond as an air woman
Actress Florence Desmond in her costume for the role in the dance and theatrical revue, Streamline, staged at the Palace Theatre in London in 1934 in which she played Mrs Gladys Potts

Amelia Earhart (1897 - 1937), pioneering American female aviator, pictured on the front cover of The Tatler at the point during her attempt at flying around the world solo

Aviatrix 1912
A woman at the controls of an early aeroplane

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