Record #:

6264

Author(s):

Blackburn, Charles, Jr.

Abstract:

Georgia Thompson Brown of Henderson was a pioneer of aviation. Better known as Tiny Broadwick, she made her mark not by flying airplanes, but by parachuting from them. She was the first woman to parachute from a plane, and between 1908 and 1922, she made 1,100 jumps.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 71 Issue 8, Jan 2004, p25-26, il, por

Subject(s):

Skydivers--North Carolina--Biography