Lady Mary Heath Lands a Royal Dutch Airliner at Croydon Airport, 1928
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In 1927 Mary, Lady Heath, became the first woman in Ireland or Great Britain to earn a commercial pilot's license. It allowed her to fly passenger aircraft like the Royal Dutch airliner she is seen here landing at London's Croydon Airport. A 1929 crash in Cleveland impaired her health, and Lady Heath died from an apparent blood clot in 1939.
In 1927 Mary, Lady Heath, became the first woman in Ireland or Great Britain to earn a commercial pilot's license. It allowed her to fly passenger aircraft like the Royal Dutch airliner she is seen here landing at London's Croydon Airport. A 1929 crash in Cleveland impaired her health, and Lady Heath died from an apparent blood clot in 1939.
Artifact
Photographic print
Creators
Keywords
United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Croydon
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1629.69
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Typewriting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 5.125 in
Width: 7.125 in
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