Show 3 5 S 4 E iP S 4 I a aI aL L a r rYr l t ta tS a Yo r fI t Ss t t rI ii Y VI t 0 ay 2 r iI o tI i 0 f. f iV 0 0 ff j. j 0 o iY 1 a i tho d. d 11 1 6 TU lO BE Up There Alone p in ill the Air Ail Fi Free Flee a in ee and ui in Lr Space Is Like Beni Being g Alone in n i a Gi Great eat There Thee al- al Thel e Is Is' I s Something Awe Awe Ins Awe Inspiring in in and Solemn About It To It-To To Fly Fill Is an Adventure and at the Same Moment a Tune Time ne of Spirit Renewal and Refreshment i Climbing Out of My lily Plane After a Flight I 1 I Feel Rested and anci Soothed r r I By Carol Bird j in n v i vivid avid vavid id metaphor the to J COMPARING sky a vast and awesome c ca cap dral Aral where lone fliers go to quiet their nerves and refresh their spirits Lady Mary Heath England's noted airwoman here in the interests of aviation discussed flying and its future world wide possibilities in her heri i hotel suite in New York City shortly after her arrival in this country fc Lady Heath established the plane light altitude record of feet and made an all mile solo flight from Cape Town across Africa's jungles to England r She is is 31 and the third wife of Lord James Heath aged 75 Th The British airwoman is a delegate to the International Aviation Confere Conference Conference- in Washington and will remain in this country about six six months She is representing the Air League of the British Empire and is chairwoman of the womans woman's section America is far in advance of England in n i many ways ys aerial especially Rj k with regard to its mail air lines said Lady Heath still munching ger er breakfast toast as she discussed the relative progress in aviation of this country and Great rapt Britain am The whole world is what you von c r Ji- Ji d do ao in aviation B gut But t your wonderful wonderful r r S 'S mail air routes in particular are attracting the attention of other t countries and that is the chief 1 thing that we know about American Ameria Ameri Ameri Ameri- a can flying America certainly excels ex ex- eels cels there while Holland and Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many are famous for their national transport systems and England for light airplane development and use I am primarily interested in commercial commercial com corn l mercial aviation and I am over c herO here to learn what you can teach at v me me and in return for any new knowledge I 1 acquire I want to let t American women know more about flying as a profession so that more of them may have the intense pleasure pleasure pleasure pleas pleas- ure I have experienced in the air air 1 cc I T THINK commercial aviation can be 1 made a far tar more paying proposition tion over o here than it is in England be- be be because because I cause o of the vastness of ot your territory and because you have such tremendous a t I. I Lady Mary Alary Heath England's most must famous airwoman w who ho has recently come to America to study our airmail air mail routes and and to interest American women in flying v ve vr r e y ya a r i r s c cr If r V e eT i T 1 r p S iI 5 r n 4 a I distances to travel to go from one place to another In my opinion there Is a big place in hi America for the privately owned airplane which can be used like a motor motor- car Traveling by automobile presents so much difficulty In hi the way of traffic other motorists officers and pedestrians i A J but In the air there is room for all I truly think that there Is as great a future suture over here for the light airplane as there was 0 Ij I h t for tor the motorcar This prophecy evoked visions o of the sky cluttered up with flying cars all aU headed in different directions sounding aerial sirens up among the clouds Lady Heath continued America has been so wonderful In capturing capturing cap cap- turing the light-car light market of the world that if it wants to it can go out and es establish establish establish es- es the greatest light-airplane light market I 1 1 f 4 0 Lady Heath neath beside her little Moth loth plane Thiis This Thi 5 is one of the very light tight airplanes which England has specialized in building This model flying field recently dedicated at San Diego Dieg to the Flying hying Colonel typifies the advancement ad Am America rica is making in air air transportation t J o of the world too a market which ha has s been created by Great Britain which so 50 far excels In is this particular branch o of ot i aviation a American methods of mass production production production pro pro- are so well wen known by all aU th the e countries o of the world that every cry one is looking to America to bring aviation down dow downto n to the ordinary level of everyday things in hi other words to help make flying sat safe fe fefor e for democracy u uE s E F t r i 5 x z J y y yb r 4 S i F t. t A Y t. t H Y M i j f w. w 1 1 SS um m lv v r i iJ t 7 i i h 4 Zt f N. 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J Another thing thet the V t light airplane will t 1 accomplish Is to tomake make woman fliers I stand stand on the same I foot footing ng as men both V V f in learning to fly and in flying afterward One tJ tiling thing ng women will have to realize and that l Is iv that 1 If they are arc going to fly at all aU they tIey will have to take up flying seriously and not Just play at it it Tl This s Is a business a a. sport a recreation whatever recreation whatever you choose to term it which does docs not permit o of dilettantism If women will only give to i the same concentrated determined serious attention that men do they will accomplish wonders In aviation For there is no reason why women should not be as successful as men in this field Womans delicacy o of touch is a very essential factor in hi aviation in handling the controls and so forth I 1 am not for the moment advocating ad that women n 1 should give up everything for tor aviation it n is my firm belief belie that womans woman's place is In the home But unfortunately some women are arc forced of the home their proper roper environment and into the labor market For such women commercial aviation will prove pro at once an Inter interesting profession and at the same time a fascinating fas fas- sport O Of course all aU wom women n arc are not equipped to he be aviators any more than are all aU men Besides all aU women arc are not attracted by it Neither are arc all men BUT DUT UT this talk o of women's tomen's nerv nerves handicapping them In hi aviation is aU all a myth Highly nervous men mEn Just Just as is the case cace with highly nervous women women- are unequipped by nature for flying Notwithstanding Notwithstanding Not Not- withstanding this flying is not a nerve- nerve racking business as so many people be be- be lieve Here I have heard mal many a temperamental tempera tempera- mental woman airplane pilot pilo exclaim I must get up in the air immediately I I feel teel stifled Such women warren tense or in a temporarily depressed or nervo nervous mood need to escape from the confines 0 of the city They want to get up and aw away y from crowds and congestion and poor air I know this to be so in my own case We all have moods a at aG times and when I am in a dark on one I take to the sky How Hoop can I describe the splendid tonic effect o of flying To be up there alone in the air free and in space pace is like using alone ale alein ne in a vast cathedral There is something a awe we Inspiring and a nd r P solemn about it To fly is an advent adventure ure WM and at the same moment moment mo mo- ment a time o of sp spirit renewal and refreshment At such tin times es I always climb out of my plane when n I land feeling rested and soothed All the time that Lady Heath was talking the phone bell rang Inc incessantly tl y She was more inclined to r respond pond to its call than to that o of the doorbell TI This is perhaps because it was right at her elb elbow ow and required no emergence from the downy pillows of her couch There was much telephone talk of business conf conferences confer confer- er- er more business transactions discussion discus discus- sion Sian pertaining to luncheons dinners and parades to be given in the airwoman's honor lectures trips to Boston and to Philadelphia Between n Jam eating and phone calls Lady Mary asked to have a plane pIano brought to a flying field within a few hours so that she could do a bit of flying as she expressed it I think Ill I'll do a bit of flying this morning was what she said as unconcernedly as another woman might say I 1 guess Ill I'll do a little s shopping hopping today HERE were along were along with THERE the absence ol oJ the helpful maid other maid other annoyances occurring in fn the way of news and other things but Lady Heath brushed these aside coolly Two thin things impressed them them- themselves selves upon the interviewer interviewer- this British airwoman Is a shrewd business and she Is woman a woman who has her emotional emo emo- nature well under control One cannot imagine her being any crisis what whatsoever unnerved by touches cr The only feminine about her were the luxurious silver cloth draped over trimmed fur-trimmed pv evening n wrap a chair reminder of a social affair given in her honor the evening a vivid figured red preceding lounging robe on an a hanger and gOld topped gold orles toilet acce on her dressing table A brisk young woman secretary with a marked American accent entered the began the room and an d business of sorting the air romans woman's mall mail Aviation is a safe easy and economical method o of transportation both hoth oth for and women n men continued Lady He Heath th I 1 a am m strongly OPP opposed to any stunt except the ordinary acrobatics flying chute and parachute para pars descents which I consider to b be e part of every pilots pilot's training also And I a am m opposed to distance over in hi water wate r anything except a boat or seaplane flying g would like to Impress ti t t aviation is upon every eve on one e a national pal and international interns t 1 onal necessity sity It has broken S which down th the e formerly existed between betwee n N Y not we carea care her or whether countries s. s and for a lifework life life- lifework flying personally 11 Y to take tako up persona work we all ought ht to work together tor for and the prosperity of the peace happiness world Aviation will help much to a accomplish accomplish those ends As for military aviation whatever about it it as I Iam Iam nothing I know w commercial a am Interested only in its phase and studded with ADVENTURESOME varied interests has been the life lice of ot this visiting British airwoman who has 1131 crowded de mu much l Into the fairly short span spano o of thirty one one year years year She learned to fly in in 1925 1925 thirty and has put in about 1200 fly flying fly fly- ing lug hours ours since In May 1927 she put up the first worlds world's record in the light air p plane lane class with her pupil the Honorable Lady Bailey as passenger In July of that same saine year she made a solo flight of 1300 miles In one day between dawn and dusk making a landing on every airdrome In England to draw public attention to the need of more municipal airdromes Two days later she made a landing in Inda one da day Y in England Ireland Scotland and Wales W Wales May appears to be her lucky month for in May of this year she completed completed com corn an mile flight from Cape CapeTown CapeTown Town to London This Tills was the first solo flight organized In hi any overseas colony or dominion by any woman with one machine During her lecture tour in hi this c country she will talk on this flight and also to technical gatherings on the light aircraft of Great Britain and the light- light club airplane-club movement of that country using a flying machine for her transport between tours and acting a as her own mechanic Lady Heath holds the British seaplane altitude record and also the British altitude altItude altitude alti altI- tude record open to any land planes She was the first woman in the world to hold bold holda bolda a commercial license for far seaplanes and land planes and owing awing to her efforts the international law on this subject was waa changed She is vice president of the international body controlling women's athletics and andis is looking forward to renewing while here the friendships she made with the of- of of officials officials facials and members of the American Olympic team at Amsterdam this year where she acted as referee These games were the first international meetings since the Inception of women's athletics in Europe Eu Europe Eu- Eu rope in 1922 in which she has lags not taken part as an active athlete for she represented represented Great Britain each year in track and field events Until 1926 she held the theS S worlds world's record for the high jump umP together with Miss Voorhees an American athlete AFTER A FTER four years of war work In Great Britain and France she took a degree In n agriculture in Dublin Dublin in 1921 and then lectured on this subject under Aberdeen University Her study o of agriculture was put to use on her coffee farm fann in Kenya enya Colony East Africa in which country she has IJas This done considerable big game ame shooting skillful skilful airwoman's m most t cherished costume is made up of a skin leopard-skin coat helmet and shoes fashioned ned from the hides of o animals she has shot All o of her Cf efforts In various countries of Europe have been to bring level evel l flying to a a. which will wiIl be reach of all aJl classes devoted With this end in view she hr In the last two years her commercial commercIal com com- mercIal earnings to founding ten scholarships scholarships scholar scholar- ships for women with the airplane light clubs o of Great Britain Much of and South Africa these earnings have havo been obtained obtained ob- ob In air racing of which Lady Heath Is s very fond fand and In the light airplane JS In which she hc has been X- X ly lucky This summer she took first place in the pIano plaine international aIr arr place competitions competition in Holland and fourth out of twenty six French competitors in International Knowing competitions this woman fliers flier s versatile history and the active she has led It Is difficult and thrilling lIfe to l Imaginary reconcile an ant picture of o her t through ough the air of racing around Europe on many missions mis- mis slam with the act actual al l langUishing anguishing one of a listless lady In bed jam at 1030 eating Melba toast std nd In the loless l s without the morning morning- utterly help help- ful maid ministrations of a faithful faith faith- faithful And thIs In middle a of bust AmerIca in the bustling ling New whose York whose s invigorating in- in atmosphere visitors makes European Eu- Eu European take brisk Avenue walks down the the tho glorious ImmedIately on landing to Inhale oz and speed and pep of the comment on th the Unite But ut such is the States tore ture duality of womans woman's ua na flu by Ledger |