WOMEN

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 85, 4 January 1919, Page 7

WOMEN

I liuve just met the first woman flyer. ." i to looi) 'the loop (writes "Tit-Bits' Ameri- -j can correspondent). .■ "' -' ' j She is iuiss Kathleen Stineon, cham- ..-.J pion cro'ss-couutry ilyer of all men women aviators in America, and tho first I American girl to pilot an l aeroplane. "I, see-no reason why women should \ not fly as -well us ■men,"- she said. "After -j tho war it stands to reason that women j are not going to move asido and let the men do all the flying. Just as womea have taken to motoring, so they will take to the great sport of. flying when they \ valise that It is not really daugerous.' Flying is entirely a question of temperament, inclination, and natural aptitude.--"Women meet men on aii even, foothg at tennis and golf, 'which are. far more .: strenuous than flying, so why shouldn't thoy do the same at aviation? | "A man or woman who takes up avia- •-,j lion as a sport ivill not necessarily have | to become « 'stunt' flyer. 'Stunts' must ,i be mastered-by. war pilots, for 'circus :j stunts' are likely to stand in good stead- . in an emergency. Tho 'nose diVe' and , tho 'loop , and the 'falling leaf and . : many other 'stunts' have saved the'lives . of pilots at-the front, and their.mastery :-.:•.- is part of,.the essential equipment for a J fighting avintot. . , .'-■■•{ "But before going in for 'stunts' an .1 aviator must learn straightforiyiird fly- • ing, and that is no longer.'hazardous.-I ~, really do not regard my work-as \pnr- ■ ticularly (lniigcrous, for the safety -of a flyer largely on the condition of : . the machine. , . , -' ■'. . ':■■--"■ ■ Miss gtiiifUii'has made a serie»jof '.: National eross-country flights", for- the benefit of the.Red Cross. She is also .-.-'. the only flying woman to carry, the . United States aerial poet. : . ■ ' ■', ...■:' ■ ■'■ ; l