Full name Joan Meakin Price Nationality UK | Name Joan Meakin Died 1977 | |
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Known for First female to cross the English Channel in a glider | ||
Girl Glides The Channel (1934)
Joan Meakin (January 7, 1910 – November 11, 1977 born Marjorie Joan) became the first female glider pilot to fly over the English Channel on April 5, 1934. She was also the only female flyer in Sir Alan Cobham's Flying Circus.
She married Ronald Price who was the assistant general manager to the circus.
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