
Dolly Shephard, Edwardian parachutist + aerial performer, in her parachuting costume c.1910. “Despite a number of close calls, she not only survived an eight year career as Britain’s “Queen of the Air”, but a few years before her death in 1983, (at age 96), she flew with the Red Devils, whose modern parachuting techniques she greatly admired
Published on April 03, 2013 14:06