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Margery Pitt Durant (May 24, 1887 – February 3, 1969) was the daughter of businessman and General Motors founder, Billy Durant. She was notable for authoring a book about her father, her contributions to increasing travel abroad via aviation, photographing her aviation adventures, and for being a socialite.
19 de jun. de 2019 · Rebecca Maksel. June 19, 2019. Margery Durant and Ariel, circa 1931. When middle-aged socialite Margery Durant decided, in 1931, to undertake an aerial trek of 12,000 miles in a Lockheed...
Margery Durant was born May 24, 1887 in Flint, Michigan, the daughter of William Crapo Durant and Clara Pitt Durant. She had a younger brother, Clifford, born in 1890. Margery’s father was the grandson of Henry Howland Crapo, a successful lumberman and railroad magnate, who served as Governor of Michigan from 1864-8.
Margery Durant was an aviation pioneer in her own right, as intrepid as Amelia Earhart, but living to tell the tale. Hers was the first air-cooled engined plane to fly around the Mediterranean.
9 de ene. de 2020 · Los pilotos republicanos derriban el hidro del Gobierno Vasco (30-7-1937) El Sikorsky S-38 Silver Wings de Margery Durant en Mersa Matrouh (Egipto) durante su segundo viaje a África en 1932....
13 de oct. de 2021 · Margery Pitt Durant (May 24, 1887 – February 3, 1969) was the daughter of businessman and General Motors founder, Billy Durant. She was notable for authoring a book about her father, her contributions to increasing travel abroad via aviation, photographing her aviation adventures, and for being a socialite. Early life.
19 de jul. de 2013 · Según Margery Durant, en su libro de 1929 “Mi padre”, Durant a veces hacía garabatos de diseños de insignias en pedazos de papel en la mesa. "Creo que fue una noche, entre la sopa y el pollo frito, que él bocetó el diseño que se utiliza en los autos de Chevrolet al día de hoy", escribió Margery en su libro.
