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The Aviatrix

The Aviatrix

the life of Lucile M. Wright, first lady of aviation in Jamestown

every lesson on the board

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  1. An open-cockpit biplane of the early 1920s on a grass field at dawn, two leather-helmeted figures beside it, prairie horizon and a low hangar behind.

    lesson 4The Aviatrix

    First Flight, 1922

    Reads the 1922 first flight with General Billy Mitchell, and what a personal connection to military aviation meant for a girl from Billings.

  2. A woman's gloved hands resting on the wooden stick of a vintage cockpit, leather jacket sleeve, soft evening light through the windscreen, instrument panel dark.

    lesson 3The Aviatrix

    The License That Took Thirteen Years

    Reads the thirteen years between Lucile Wright's first flight and her license, and what buying her own hours says about the era.

  3. A row of 1930s monoplanes parked on a grass airfield at golden hour, a leather flight helmet and goggles resting on the nearest wing, fuel drums in the distance.

    lesson 2The Aviatrix

    The Ninety-Nines and Amelia

    Reads Lucile Wright's friendship with Amelia Earhart and the chapter of the Ninety-Nines she founded in Jamestown.

  4. A leather courier bag, a folded aeronautical chart and a compass on a wooden table beside a window, an airfield with a single runway visible through evening haze.

    lesson 1The Aviatrix

    The Only Woman on the Route

    Reads Lucile Wright's wartime service as a Civil Air Patrol courier pilot, and what a parts-and-personnel route actually was.