Person    | Female  Born 1882  Died 1962

Lady Maud Hoare DBE

Categories: Aviation

Wife of Sir Samuel Hoare, Viscount Templewood but achieved her DBE in her own right, by flying in 1927 a 12,000-mile round trip flight inaugurating the London-Cairo-Delhi air service, the first woman ever to fly such a distance. Her husband accompanied her for which he was appointed GBE. Even for the times this seems an easy way for him to pick up letters after his name.

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Lady Maud Hoare DBE

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Croydon airport opening

There are two versions of this plaque, identically worded, attached to either...

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Irja Syhnove Skabo

Irja Syhnove Skabo

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1 memorial
Heron Quays STOL Landing

Heron Quays STOL Landing

The landing of a STOL (short take-off and landing) aircraft in the heart of London's Docklands, was done to show the feasibility of an airport there. In due course, London City Airport opened in 1987.

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1 memorial
Royal Naval Air Service

Royal Naval Air Service

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Group, Armed Forces, Aviation

2 memorials
Royal Air Force

Royal Air Force

Formed 1st April 1918 at Hotel Cecil, 80 the Strand where it had its first headquarters. Motto: Per Ardua Ad Astra, Latin for "Through Struggles to the Stars".

Group, Armed Forces, Aviation

8 memorials