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Eleanor Isabella 'Susan' Slade Royal Aero Club Certificate No. 8405 (16 Sep 1928) |
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 with George Lees at the Leicester Air Pageant, 1929 |
The Bystander Special Aviation Edition, 1933 |
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b. 10 January 1904 in Hong Kong
"The popular secretary of Airwork, Heston Air Park - Miss Eleanor Slade"
"Efficiently managing the day-to-day business [of the King's Cup] was dynamic little Susan Slade... herself a pilot of considerable ability who has her own Moth". C G Grey
In Holland, with Lyndsey Everard et al On one flight with her elder sister Betsy in 1938 over Germany, having missed their destination, they came down at the Berchtesgaden; Herr Hitler was away at the time, but the servants gave them a conducted tour.
Rallye Aerien, Chateau d'Ardenne 17-19 May 1930 with Adelaide Cleaver She won the first All-Ladies Race at Sywell, Northants in September 1931 (the Hon. Mrs Victor Bruce was second). Air Transport Auxiliary in WWII
Even with her perceived limitations as a pilot, Susan Slade was a hard-working and trusted administrator, and an extraordinary, talented and much-loved lady.
r., with ??, Connie Leathart, Lady Runciman, HH Leech, Flt Lt Clarkson Susan lived at Mallard's Court, Stokenchurch and is buried in Stokenchurch.. She owned: a 1927 DH.60X Moth (G-EBSA), then a 1929 DH.60G Gipsy Moth (G-AAIW), and a 1931 DH.80A Puss Moth (G-ABLX). |
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