Lady Mary Heath and William Brock, National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1929
THF256136 / Lady Mary Heath and William Brock, National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1929
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Artifact Overview
Irish pilot Mary, Lady Heath, was a champion athlete before earning her commercial pilot's license in 1927 -- the first woman in Ireland or Great Britain to do so. In 1928 she made headlines flying solo from Cape Town, South Africa, to London. Lady Heath never fully recovered from a crash she suffered at the 1929 National Air Races in Cleveland.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
29 August 1929
Creators
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
68.160.52
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Harry Schlee
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 10 in
Width: 8 in
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World-renowned Irish pilot Mary, Lady Heath, was an inspiration to Amelia Earhart. After Lady Heath took Earhart for a flight in her Avro Avian biplane, which Heath had flown solo from South Africa to Great Britain, Earhart was so impressed that she bought the aircraft and shipped it back to the United States. Soon Earhart's own fame eclipsed Lady Heath's.