Winged Odyssey

Mary du Caurroy, Duchess of Bedford, wife of the 11th Duke took her first flight in 1926 at the ripe old age of 61. The following year both Mary and her trusted pilot, Charles Barnard, set off in her Cirrus Moth biplane around Britain and abroad. Her Moths took her around Europe, to Jerusalem and Petra, The Gambia and the Canaries, and finally across the Sahara until,in 1937 she took off on a solo flight v and was never seen again.

Mary du Caurroy, ducesa de Bedford, sotia celui de-al 11-lea duce a luat primul zbor in 1926 la varsta matura de 61 de ani. In anul urmator atat Mary, cat si pilotul ei de incredere, Charles Barnard, au pornit in biplanul ei Cirrus Moth din Marea Britanie si in strainatate.