Violette selfridge bedford

She died on 6 November 1987, in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Willowbrook Cemetery, Westport, Fairfield....

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It has been so interesting to read and follow the around the world journey of Amelia Rose Earhart, the namesake of the famous aviatrix Amelia Earhart whose 1938 voyage ended when she and her co-pilot went missing.

Amelia Rose for several years had been the traffic reporter on a local television station here in Denver.

Violette Buckingham Selfridge Bedford, 5 Jun 1897, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA, 6 Nov 1987 (aged 90), Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA.

Violette Buckingham Selfridge Bedford.

She died on 6 November 1987, in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Willowbrook Cemetery, Westport, Fairfield.

With Frederick T. Bedford.

Harry Gordon Selfridge, Sr. (11 January 1858 – 8 May 1947) was an American retail magnate who founded the London-based department store Selfridges.

She learned to fly with the goal to follow in Amelia Earhart’s path, but to complete the entire trip. Aviation technology has changed but the basic’s remain the same. Well, meet Violette Selfridge de Sibour who went around the world in 1928 with her husband in an open cockpit Gypsy Moth.

Violette de Sibour and Vicomte Jacques de Sibour with their Gypsiy Moth airplane named Safari.

Violette Selfridge de Sibour was a woman who demonstrated great courage, fearlessness, enthusiasm and adventure by joining her husband in a 10,000 mile vagabond journey around the world in a Gypsy Moth.

Violette de Sibour chronicled their 1928 journey in the b