Description: North Carolina Aviatrix Viola Gentry, North Carolina, Paperback Viola Gentry of Rockingham County, North Carolina, learned to fly in 1924 and quickly achieved greater heights. In 1925, the aviatrix took her first solo flight. The following year, she flew under the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges, and in 1928, she established the first officially recorded women's solo endurance flight record. She became the first federally licensed female pilot from North Carolina that same year. She was a national celebrity, and her job in a New York restaurant secured her the nickname the "Flying Cashier." Gentry became personal friends with fellow pioneers of aviation Amelia Earhart, Wiley Post and General James "Jimmy" Doolittle. After a near-fatal crash, Gentry focused her efforts on championing aviation for women and preserving its early history. Author Jennifer Bean Bower reveals the life of one of the great women in Tar Heel State history.
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Location: Columbia, South Carolina
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MPN: 9781609496951
Book Title: North Carolina AVIATRIX Viola Gentry : the Flying Cashier
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.4in
Item Width: 6in
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Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Women, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, FL, GA, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), General, Women's Studies, Aeronautics & Astronautics
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2015
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Technology & Engineering, History, Social Science
Item Weight: 0.9 Oz
Number of Pages: 192 Pages
