EXCLUSIVE – A bitter rivalry with Amelia Earhart, a mixed-race marriage and a ban from flying because of her menstrual cycle: The incredible and utterly tragic story of ‘Lady Icarus’ – the first person to fly solo across Africa
Lady Mary Heath was feted as hero after flying the length of Africa in 1928 But 11 years later she died falling from London tram, an alcoholic She was banned from being commercial pilot because she was a woman Her third husband, a...