Ciceronian Posted 21 August , 2023 Share Posted 21 August , 2023 Hi All, Im searching for a quotation from Ms Chitty regarding the Tarrant Tabor, a triplane bomber that crashed on its first flight in May 1919. I’m told it might be in Giants of the Sky by Bill Gunston (Astragal Books, 1979.) Before I try to buy a copy or extract, can anyone confirm it exists, with relevant page number? Many thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travers61 Posted 21 August , 2023 Share Posted 21 August , 2023 (edited) A quote by Letitia Chitty is used in the wikipedia article on the Tarrant Tabor & is cited as being from pages 61-62 of Giants of the Sky. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarrant_Tabor The note was added in 2022 & this link shows who added it. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tarrant_Tabor&action=history Edited 21 August , 2023 by travers61 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciceronian Posted 21 August , 2023 Author Share Posted 21 August , 2023 Many thanks for this! Cheers, Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airshipped Posted 25 August , 2023 Share Posted 25 August , 2023 Hi Simon, There are cheaper options if looking to supplement the sources of information. However, it'd appear that some borrow on others. One example covers aeroplanes and airships: The Palgrave Handbook of Women and Science since 1660 - Page 137 books.google.ie › books Claire G. Jones, Alison E. Martin, Alexis Wolf · 2021 FOUND INSIDE – PAGE 137 Letitia Chitty (1897–1982) BA, MA; MICE, FRAeS was supported throughout her career by two men, both of whom took up posts at Impe- rial College and invited her to join them there13: Civil Engineer A.J. Sutton Pippard (1891–1969) and ... Others: The Flying Mathematicians of World War I - Page 167 books.google.ie › books Tony Royle · 2020 FOUND INSIDE – PAGE 167 It is clear that Letitia Chitty had been inspired by Sutton Pippard during her time working in the Stressing Section, and there was certainly mutual respect. In fact, Pippard said of Chitty that (Gay 2007, 187): She was not just a ... Throw in a James Bond (or is it Q?) re Chitty Chitty Bang Bang etc: Electric Airplanes and Drones: A History - Page 235 books.google.ie › books Kevin Desmond · 2018 FOUND INSIDE – PAGE 235 ... original chitty-chitty-bang-bang was an aero-engined motor car, built and raced at brooklands by count Louis Zborowski in the early 1920s, and maybe named after an early aeronautical engineer, Letitia chitty. In 19 4, Scott c. Magnificent Women and their Revolutionary Machines books.google.ie › books Henrietta Heald · 2019 FOUND INSIDE ... Department was nineteen-year-old Letitia Chitty, an outstanding school maths student who, after the war, went on to study engineering at Newnham College, Cambridge – the alma mater of several other women who shone at Farnborough. NOTE: if buying anything then via Amazon try to click through the relevant kudos-attribution for the Great War Forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciceronian Posted 26 August , 2023 Author Share Posted 26 August , 2023 Fascinating! Thanks 'Airshipped'. Cheers, Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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