Sheila Scott
| Sheila Scott | |
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 Before her 1971 record-breaking trip |
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| Born | 27 April 1922 Worcester, England |
| Died | 20 October 1988 (aged 66) London, England |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Known for | aviatrix |
Sheila Scott OBE (27 April 1922 – 20 October 1988), was an English aviatrix.
Born Sheila Christine Hopkins in Worcester, Worcestershire, England in 1922,[1] educated at the Alice Ottley School, she broke over 100 aviation records through her long distance flight endeavours, which included a 34,000-mile (55,000 km) "world and a half" flight in 1971. On this flight, she became the first person to fly over the North Pole in a small aircraft. She also served as governor of the British section of the Ninety-Nines, an international association of licensed women pilots. She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1968.[2]
In 1943 she started a career as an actress with the stage name Sheila Scott a name she used for the rest of her life. Scott had a short marriage from 1945 to 1950 to Rupert Bellamy. In 1958 she learned to fly going solo at Thruxton aerodome after nine-months training.
[edit] Myth Too
Scott's records breaking aircraft was a single-engined Piper Comanche registered G-ATOY and named Myth Too. The aircraft was bought by Scott in 1966 and holds ninety world class light aviation records. It is on public display at the National Museum of Flight, Scotland.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ General Register Office index of births registered in April, May, June 1922 - Name: Hopkins, Sheila C. Mother's Maiden name: Kenward District: Worcester Volume: 6C Page: 239.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 44484. p. 14. 1 January 1968. Retrieved 2009-07-05.
- ^ "National Museum of Flight Scotland - Our aircraft". National Museums of Scotland. http://www.nms.ac.uk/pdf/National%20Museum%20of%20Flight%20collections.pdf. Retrieved 2009-07-05.
- Hahn, Michael (October 31, 2002). "Sheila Scott". Great Images in NASA. http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2004-00016.html. Retrieved March 23, 2006.
[edit] External links
- "Shelia Scott", Encyclopædia Britannica.
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