Below I wrote "at the end of the 18th century beginning of the 19th" I am going nuts again - a senior moment. Before I get corrected this should read "at the end of the 19th century beginning of the 20th". Liz ----- Original Message ----- From: "E. Holdsworth" <yzzil.yrruc@virgin.net> To: <eng-yks-bradford@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 11:47 AM Subject: Re: [YKS-BRADFORD] 1901 census query > Hi, > > Looking through all the definitions it can mean a skilled worker involved > in > the building of aircraft etc as well as someone who is a pilot. So did > this > person live near to where balloons/planes were constructed. > > I understand from some work I did in my degree - many years ago! - that in > the 1800s women acted as pilots in balloons here in the UK (the large ones > of course) and women did act as aircraft pilots at the end of the 18th > century beginning of the 19th. Amelia Erhardt springs to mind but she was > in > the 1920s/1930s and there were many women pilots before her. I understand > from your e-mail address that you are in New Zealand, much of the writing > on > female pilots in the 1800s is about women from Australia and New Zealand. > > Sounds very interesting if she was one of the early women pilots, those > early aircraft did not look very comfortable or very warm and navigation > was > not easy. > > Liz > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Norman Gallop" <ennarrgee@clear.net.nz> > To: "BRADFORD List" <ENG-YKS-BRADFORD@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 3:38 AM > Subject: [YKS-BRADFORD] 1901 census query > > >>I have a lady listed as an "aeronaut". (unless I am mistaken of course). >>Does anybody care to speculate? >> >> Thanks, NRG. >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ENG-YKS-BRADFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-YKS-BRADFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message