Contributor(s): Author: Diana Barnato Walker The daughter of millionaire racing driver, Woolf Barnato, and granddaughter of Barney Barnato who cofounded the De Beers mining company, by 1936 Diana had had enough of her affluent, chaperoned existence and sought excitement in flying, soloing at Brooklands after only six hours' training.
She has followed her own instincts ever since.
Joining the Air Transport Auxiliary in 1941 to help ferry aircraft to squa.
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Grub Street Spreading my wings: one of britain's top women pilots tells her remarkable story from pre-war flying to breaking the sound barrier, paperback/diana barnato walker
