Viola Gentry

Viola Estelle Gentry (1894 - June 23, 1988) [1] bụ onye ụgbọ elu America, nke a kacha mara amara maka ịtọ ndekọ ntachi obi nke mbụ na-enweghị mmanụ ọkụ maka ụmụ nwanyị .

Ndụ mbido

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A mụrụ Gentry na Rockingham County, North Carolina . Ọ mụtara ife ụgbọ elu na 1924, na-aghọ nwanyị mbụ si North Carolina na-efe ụgbọ elu. [2]

December 1928 mgbalị

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Na Disemba 20, 1928, Gentry gbara awa 8, nkeji 6 na sekọnd 37, bụ nke debere ndekọ ntachi obi nke mbụ na-abụghị mmanụ ọkụ maka ụmụ nwanyị. [3] Ọ gbara Travel Air 9000 . [4] E mebiri ndekọ a na 1929 [5] mgbe Bobbi Trout siri California fepụ maka awa 12 ozugbo. Mgbe ụgbọ elu Smith gasịrị, </link> E debere iwu Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) nke na-ekwu na a ga-agbaji ihe ndekọ ntachi obi site n'otu awa zuru ezu.

Na mbọ iji nwetaghachi ndekọ ntachi obi, Gentry nwara ụgbọ elu ntachi obi ọzọ nke malitere na Julaị 27, 1929. [6] Ụgbọ elu ya, "Azịza ya", dara n'ọhịa dị na Old Westbury, Long Island, New York, gbuo onye na-anya ụgbọ elu ya Jack Ashcraft. Gentry gbajiri okpokoro isi na ubu gbajiri agbaji lanarịrị ihe mberede ahụ. E bugara ya n'ụlọ ọgwụ dị nso na Mineola, ebe ọ nọrọ ihe karịrị ọnwa isii na-agbake. [7]

Mgbe a chụpụrụ ya n'ụlọ ọgwụ na Mineola, Gentry sooro ndị enyi ya biri na Freeport, Long Island, New York . O nwechaghị ihe ịga nke ọma n'inweta ọrụ ọzọ dị ka onye na-anya ụgbọ elu ntachi obi n'agbanyeghị na ọ laghachiri n'ụgbọelu, n'agbanyeghị na ọ bụ onye njem. [7]

December 1933 mgbalị

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Na 1931, Gentry kwụsịrị ọrụ ụgbọ elu ọkachamara </link> wee laghachi n'ọrụ mbụ ya dị ka onye na-akwụ ụgwọ ego na ụlọ oriri na ọṅụṅụ North Carolina. [8] [9] N'agbanyeghị mgbanwe ọrụ ya, ọ gara n'ihu na mbọ ya idebe ndekọ ntachi obi na-efe efe. Na Disemba 10, 1933, Gentry wepụrụ na Miami, Florida, na mgbalị ọhụrụ iji merie ndekọ ahụ, nke onye na-anya ụgbọ mmiri Frances Marsalis na-akwado na ụgbọ mmiri na-enye mmanụ ụgbọala Jack Loesing na Fred Fetterman. Gentry bu n'obi ka ọ nọrọ n'elu ruo ụbọchị iri wee si otú ahụ tie ndekọ dị ugbu a nke ụbọchị asatọ, awa anọ na nkeji isii, nke Marsalis na Thaden setịpụrụ na Valley Stream . [10] [11]

Mgbe e mesịrị ndụ

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Gentry gara n'ihu n'oge ndụ ya niile ịkwado ụgbọ elu, na-akwalite ya n'etiti ụmụ agbọghọ na ụmụ nwoke. [2] N'afọ 1934, Gentry na di ya gbara akwụkwọ maka enweghị ego na-edepụta ihe onwunwe ha dị ka efu. [12] N'afọ 1954, Viola Gentry nwetara Lady Hay Drummond-Hay Air Trophy iji kwado mbọ ọ gbara n'aha ụmụ nwanyị na ụgbọ elu. [13] Gentry bụ enyi ogologo oge nke Aviator Amelia Earhart, ha abụọ gbalịrị inyere enyi ibe ha aka, Irene Craigmile Bolam, nweta obi ụtọ site n'iwebata ya na ụgbọ elu. [14]

Ntụaka

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  1. Viola E. Gentry biodata, yesweekly.com. Accessed July 6, 2023.
  2. 2.0 2.1 North Carolina State Archives, government website, retrieved on February 26, 2010
  3. WOMAN FLIER STAYS ALOFT EIGHT HOURS; Miss Viola Gentry Says She Will Claim World's Record for Duration Flight. Special to The New York Times. December 21, 1928, Friday, Page 22, 191 words, archived copy retrieved on February 26, 2010
  4. Pelletier (1995). Beech Aircraft and their Predecessors. London: Putnam Aeronautical. 
  5. Smith (1981). Aviatrix. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. ISBN 0-15-110372-0. 
  6. MISS GENTRY IS BADLY HURT, HER PILOT KILLED IN CRASH; RIVALS IN AIR BEG FOR NEWS; VIEW OF THE WRECKAGE OF MISS VIOLA GENTRY'S ENDURANCE PLANE, Special to The New York Times, June 29, 1929. Retrieved February 26, 2010.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Viola Gentry in air first time since accident, Schenectady Gazette, July - 11, 1930. Retrieved February 26, 2010.
  8. VIOLA GENTRY BACK AT RESTAURANT JOB; Flying Cashier, Hurt in Plane Crashes, Glad to Get Work-- Hopeful for Future. September 22, 1931, Tuesday; archived copy retrieved on February 26, 2010
  9. VIOLA GENTRY QUITS FLYING; Pilot, Injured Three Years Ago, Will Return to Old Job. September 20, 1931, Sunday; archived copy retrieved on February 26, 2010
  10. Women aviators in endurance hop December 10, 1933, archived copy from google news retrieved on February 26, 2010
  11. START ENDURANCE FLIGHT.; Mrs. Marsalis and Viola Gentry at Miami Seek Women's Record. December 11, 1933, Monday, retrieved on February 26, 2010
  12. VIOLA GENTRY BANKRUPT.; Aviatrix and Husband List Debts of $1,651 -- Assets Nothing. August 1, 1934, Wednesday, Page 7, 131 words, retrieved on February 26, 2010
  13. VIOLA GENTRY HONORED; Lady Hay Drummond-Hay Air Trophy Presented to Flier June 21, 1954, Monday, Page 25, 102 words, retrieved on February 26, 2010
  14. Amelia And The Original Irene Craigmile archived copy retrieved on February 27, 2010. Archived from the original on July 8, 2024. Retrieved on August 6, 2024.