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Saturday, February 18, 1967

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Issue date: Saturday, February 18, 1967
Pages available: 143
Previous edition: Friday, February 17, 1967
Next edition: Monday, February 20, 1967

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 18, 1967, Winnipeg, Manitoba Who Modello ilor tin House of Chanel in Purl he Tore Slit Marthd to poses in Irani of a Hrin tily h2h the Type Learned 10 weekend Magazine 1957 a chopper for Connie Alberta born Connie Fenton became a Pioneer woman helicopter Pilot in Britain by Tom Hanley Connie Fenton is flying and us one of Britain first woman helicopter she should an vivacious 29year old left her Home town of in 1958 to seek adventure in she soon fashioned a modelling career in then went on to where she freelanced before joining the House of she stayed feet firmly on the for All this would have been adventure enough for most but not for while she was in the British she had made friends in a Small aviation firm who were trying to popularize helicopter flying in one weekend someone jokingly suggested that helicopter flying might make better Progress if a pretty girl like Connie was at the controls to show just How easy it can the joke caught on and connies career began a dramatic Back in England she began a training program with the British executive air at its Airfield at Kidling near the changeover from modelling to piloting was spread Over four months and at the end of that time she passed the ministry of aviation examinations and received her pilots at that time Connie was the Only woman helicopter Pilot in the United i Felt a pioneering thrill in the sense of learning to Fly these but in certainly not a Pioneer in the sense of emancipated she the psychology of it All is amusing to i dont like men to think that i am invading what is their there is very Little in the world that can either be exclusively male or female in the Early Day there was i lot of curiosity and Awe about a woman but i was Able to Fly Solo in my hours against the average nowadays the idea is catching on and since i passed thai test four other women have cot their and now we Are All continued on Page 12 ;