Tiny Broadwick: The First Lady of Parachuting

North Carolina was the site of the first powered airplane flight by the Wright brothers in 1903. Only ten years later, the state could also claim the first parachute jump by a woman, Georgia Thompson Brown, affectionately referred to as Tiny.Georgia Thompson Brown's life follows the history of aviation from the early novelty of flight all the way to the Apollo 13 launch in 1970. Read More

North Carolina was the site of the first powered airplane flight by the Wright brothers in 1903. Only ten years later, the state could also claim the first parachute jump by a woman, Georgia Thompson Brown, affectionately referred to as Tiny.Georgia Thompson Brown's life follows the history of aviation from the early novelty of flight all the way to the Apollo 13 launch in 1970. Read Less

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2001, Pelican Publishing Company ISBN-13: 9781565547803 Trade paperback See All from $58.00