US Military
Aug. 08, 1963 - The First Woman Member Of The Ten Ton Club': Yesterday on the 27th anniversary of her first solo flight, Mrs. Diana Barnato became the first woman member of the R.A.F.'s Ten Ton Club by flying a Lighting aircraft at over 1000 m.p.h. Mrs. Walker is Corps Pilot to the Women's Junior Air Corps. During the war she was a Ferry Pilot. Mrs. Walker obtained Special permission for the flight from the Air Minister Mr. Hugh Fraser. Photo Shows Mrs. Diana Barnato Walker shortly before she made her flight yesterday at the R.A.F. Station at Middleton St. George, Durham
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