Dulcibella Clifford
Dulcibella Clifford | |
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| Born | December 31, 1894 Richmond, Surrey |
| Died | 1960 (aged 65–66) |
| Other names | Ms. Oliver Atkey
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| Citizenship | British |
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Dulcibella Evangeline Clifford (1894-1960) also know as Mrs Oliver Atkey was a famous British female pilot[1] and the first woman to receive a British pilot's license after WWI.[2] She one of the earliest female aviators, and was thought to be one of only 56 female pilots in the world in 1927.[3][4]
She held the record for longest flight by a female pilot with a passenger for a flight in 1922.[5][6][7][1] She was also the first woman to fly across the English Channel with a passenger.[8][9] She was also the only female entrant into the 1923 Grosvenor Cup and possible the first British female pilot to enter an air race.[10][11]
Personal life
[edit]Clifford was born either in the late 1880s or 1890s, according to her pilots certificate 1894.[11] She worked as a nurse in Belgian in 1915 and while working met and married surgeon Oliver Francis Henry Atkey.[11] They were married until their deaths in 1960.[11]
Flying career
[edit]Clifford learned to fly in Hounslow and passed the test to obtain her pilot's license in 1919.[2][12] Her record setting passenger flight was in a de Havilland airplane from Leeds to Edgewire.[6] She held the record for longest flight with a passenger made by a female pilot in the world for a flight in 1922.[5][6][7][1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, October 15, 1922, SECTION 5-PART 2, Image 71". New York Herald. 1922-10-15. ISSN 2576-6953. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
- ^ a b "WOMAN PILOT. Successful Flight From Lympne to Paris". Daily News (London). February 4, 1924. p. 1. Retrieved November 24, 2024.
- ^ Humanities, National Endowment for the (1927-10-20). "La opinión. [volume] (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1926-current, October 20, 1927, Image 6". pp. 3–6. ISSN 0276-590X. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
- ^ Humanities, National Endowment for the (1927-10-20). "La opinión. [volume] (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1926-current, October 20, 1927, Image 3". p. 3. ISSN 0276-590X. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
- ^ a b "Dulcibella Atkey sets women's non-stop flight record | Hagley Digital Archives". digital.hagley.org. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
- ^ a b c Humanities, National Endowment for the (1922-10-23). "The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, October 23, 1922, Image 5". p. 5. ISSN 2576-9227. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
- ^ a b "Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, December 01, 1922, Image 12". The Evening Star [DC]. 1922-12-01. p. 12. ISSN 2331-9968. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
- ^ "Kenosha News from Kenosha, Wisconsin". Newspapers.com. 1924-04-28. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
- ^ Humanities, National Endowment for the (1924-04-13). "San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, April 13, 1924, Image 52". p. 4. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
- ^ ""Air race for the Grosvenor Cup"". Western Daily Press. June 15, 1923. p. 4.
- ^ a b c d womenengineerssite (2023-01-29). "Was Dulcibella the First British Woman* to Pilot an Aeroplane in an Air Race?". women engineers' history. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
- ^ "Women and Aviation". Vote (London, England): 3. 22 January 1926.