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Elsie Mackay received pilot's license in 1920, and the signature on her photo in "The Times" (photo 1) made everyone think that this is nothing more than a whim, one of the tricks of the daughter of Lord Inchcape. Despite the protests of his father, he was married to actor and played in silent movie name Poppy Wyndham. And once her passion became aviation.

Despite the fact that it was considered a frivolous girl, McKay belonged to fly very seriously. In March 1928 she decided to become the first woman who has flown across the Atlantic Ocean. Charles Lindbergh flew from west to east, and she was going to fly to the west. Just about the flight and the pilot McKay V.G.R. Hinchliffe went missing off the coast of Ireland.

Soon eclipsed the glory of Elsie Mackay Amelia Earhart (photo 13), which managed to fly over the ocean from west to east.

Susan Butler, whose mother was a pilot, recalls the period of 1920-1930 in the book "From the east on Sunset: The Life of Amelia Earhart" (1997). As written by Ms. Butler, when Amelia Earhart in 1934 called for women to think about a career pilot, she warned: "If you ever decide to knock on the door, grab an ax - you may have to hack their way".

1. "Miss Wyndham inspects the engine before takeoff." Poppy Wyndham, she Elsie Mackay, was an actress, known for her marriage against her father and subsequent divorce. She was killed while trying to fly over the Atlantic Ocean October 24, 1920. (The New York Times)



2. Ruth Elder, March 1929. Her husband filed for divorce a year earlier, saying that she "made him worry too much during the flight across the Atlantic and kissed him when she returned to New York." It was her second husband. (Associated Press)



3. Aircraft Elder, «The American Girl», flying north to a transatlantic flight from Rulvelt okryabre Field in 1927. Elder and her co-pilot were picked up by tanker when their plane after the oil leak made an emergency landing in the Azores. (P & A)



4. Helen Sheridan was engaged in aviation, so as not to be a "grass widow". Her husband, director of sales in the aviation company, constantly flying. Helen tried to beat the women's record duration flight in 1929. (Associated Press)



5. Gladys O'Donnell with children after returning home in Long Beach, California. O'Donnell won the women's "Aviation derby", flying 2,250 miles in 15 hours. September 1930. (The New York Times)



6. Gladys O'Donnell was the organization of "ninety-nine", which unites women pilots. (The New York Times)



7. Mildre Kaufmann shortly after his record of 46 consecutive loops. Two years later, she died in a collision with another aircraft at low altitude in Kansas City, February 23, 1930. (The New York Times)



8. Catherine Strinson preparing to fly to the Governor's Island in Washington in June 1917. Flying is committed to support the Red Cross War Fund. Stinson, "Flying Schoolgirl", was the fourth woman in the United States, received the certificate of the pilot. (International Film Service)



9. Stinson takes a bunch of representatives of the party fighting for the rights of women in Japan, in March 1917. (Underwood & Underwood Studios)



10. Stinson is the first pilot-writer, first woman flown to London and the first woman who has made a night flight. (The New York Times)



11. Faith Don Walker, aviatrix of Los Angeles near the aircraft, the engine is said to run continuously. January 1930. (The New York Times)



12. Ruth Elder with a picnic basket, 1927. (The New York Times)



13. Amelia Earhart, 1932. (The New York Times)



14. Helen Ditriye, "girl-hawk", next to his plane in a special flight suit. In 1909 she made her first flight alone. She was the only woman to patrol the skies over Paris for the protection of German airships.



15. Waitress Beulah Anruh received pilot's license at age 23 in New York, on Long Island. According to her calculations, the training cost about 13,000 average tip. (Associated Press)



16. Opal Kangxi April 1930, a few weeks before the crash in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. A year later, she again fell into the disaster near Washington when her blinded spray kerosene. (Underwood & Underwood Studios)



17. Elizabeth Lippincott McQueen saw to it that the above Beverly Hills did not fly too low and did not perform aerobatics. In March 1929. (The New York Times)