Winifred Spooner (1900-1933): female aviation pioneer
Today, the American aviator Amelia Earhart (1897-1937) is probably the most famous of the early female aviation pioneers. However, Sherborne’s Winifred Spooner was another pioneering aviator whose achievements were equally notable. The fifth child and only daughter of Veterinary-Major Walter Boulton Spooner and his wife Annie (née Kirk), Winifred Evelyn Spooner was born on 11 … Read more