That intrepid airwoman, the Hon. Lady Bailey, wife of the South Atvian millionaire, was among those who offered her services free.
Although she 1s 50, she carries out her flights with the same accuracy and enthusiasm as the youngest of the pilots, attractive Miss Joan Hughes, the "baby" of the "Atta Girls," just turned 22, Joan learned to Sy' when she was a schoolgirl. Not satisfied with obtaining a pilot's licence, she went on to obtain a licence for giving instruction in flying. She was content to teach for a while at Romford Fly-Ing Club. young, have sim most spectacular is Miss Mona lander, who fs 25 and an international joe-hockey player. She has flown 600 hours.
The ATA. is the most highly prized and dificult to enter of all the Women's war-time services, Every: woman who can fly wants to be member. Only ten have been admitted so far and 20 feel very pleased tat they have been placed on the reserve list, They are all chosen for their merit, Jalthough hardly one has made a re: cord flight of any kind. But they have good, solid experience, like Mrs Winifred Crossley, who has done 1,600 hours, and Mrs. Marion Wilberforce, who has flown aeroplanes for ten years.
Men pilots are dependent on the "Alla Girls" to relieve them of many tiresome jobs, which the women are only too pleased to do. It frees the men for more important war tasks, But in one thing the men pilots retain their peace-time chivalry—they will never allow the "Atta te fly the heavy trainer ait.
So far, the women deal only with the Lighter type of machines.
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