The second British woman pilot: Mrs. de Beauvoir Stocks in her Farman biplane, 1911 (1933). Artist: Flight Photo.

The second British woman pilot: Mrs. de Beauvoir Stocks in her Farman biplane, 1911 (1933). Artist: Flight Photo.

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The second British woman pilot: Mrs. de Beauvoir Stocks in her Farman biplane, 1911 (1933). Cheridah de Beauvoir Stocks (1887-1971) was only the second British women to gain a Royal Aero Club aviator's licence, which she received in 1911. She never flew again after a crash at Hendon in 1913 left her unconscious in hospital for six weeks. From History of British Aviation 1908-1914, Volume I, by R. Dallas Brett [The Aviation Book Club, London, 1933]


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Creator
  1. Flight Photo, attributed to: British: Photographers
Subject
  1. Cheridah de Beauvoir Stocks: British: aviator
People Related
  1. R Dallas Brett: British: Author

Medium
  1. Photograph

Picture Type
  1. Portrait

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 6309x4774
File Size : 29,414kb


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  1. 0580040590
  1. 2-635-050
  1. 2635050

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