Margaret Cunnison
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Margaret Cunnison was a Scottish aviator and the first Scottish woman flying instructor. She was one of the first women to join the Air Transport Auxiliary.
Margaret Cunnison
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Margaret Fairweather
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Margaret Fairweather was a British aviator and one of the first eight women members of the Air Transport Auxiliary. She was the first woman to fly a Supermarine Spitfire.
Margaret Cunnison
…Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) with the other initial 7 women in 1940. Together with Joan Hughes, Mona Friedlander, Rosemary Rees, Marion Wilberforce, Margaret Fairweather, Gabrielle Patterson and Winifred Crossley Fair they were known as the First Eight, and appointed by the Commandant of the ATA's women's section, Pauline…
One of the first eight
The founding ATA pilots and their Tiger Moths: left to right Pauline Gower, Winifred Crossley Fair, Margaret Cunnison, Margaret Fairweather, Mona Friedlander, Joan Hughes, Gabrielle Patterson, Rosemary Rees and Marion Wilberforce