bronze plaque · Scotland

Bronze plaque № 59556

Winifred J. Drinkwater. In 1930 Winnie Drinkwater became one of Scotland's youngest private aircraft pilots. She developed her passion as an aviatrix & aeronautical engineer with the Midland & Scottish Air Ferries Company. The panel depicts her ready to crank the propeller of a three engined Airspeed Ferry which she piloted. Among her many achievements she won the Mobil Oil Cup in 1931 and the Guild of Air Pilot's Instructors Certificate. Shortly after completing her training she flew perhaps the first commercial day return service between Glasgow and London in 1934.

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