Winifred Evelyn Spooner was an English aviator of the 1920s and 1930s, and the winner of the Harmon Trophy as the world's outstanding female aviator of 1929.
12 Facts About Winifred Spooner
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Winifred Spooner was born in Woolwich in Kent, the daughter of Major Walter B Spooner and Annie Spooner.
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Winifred Spooner was the 16th woman to receive a licence.
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Winifred Spooner received an Aviator's Certificate in the United States, dated 21 August 1931 and signed by Orville Wright.
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Winifred Spooner was killed in a flying accident in a sandstorm in Egypt on 15 March 1935.
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Winifred Spooner bought a car; Wokingham locals recall her being one of the first woman drivers in the area.
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Winifred Spooner took 10th place in the International Tourist Plane Contests Challenge.
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Winifred Spooner then alerted local fishermen who set out to rescue Captain Edwards and the plane.
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Winifred Spooner is reported to have crashed an aircraft in Cleator Moor in Cumberland, England.
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The date is unknown but the plane was taken to the Mill Yard, and Winifred Spooner is reported to have suffered no more than tattered stockings.
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In January 1933, Winifred Spooner, who was never ill, caught a cold while at Ratcliffe Aerodrome, Leicestershire, which rapidly worsened and she took to her bed.
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Winifred Spooner's remains were taken to St Swithin's Church at Hinton Parva, near Swindon in Wiltshire for burial beside her parents.