Till We Meet Again [antikvár]

Acknowledgments I owe a great debt of gratitude to the people who helped me unearth the facts that are the necessary foundation of this fiction. Lettice Curtis, British pilot and former First Officer in the British Air Transport Auxiliary. She was among the first women who joined the ATA and one of the last to leave, after six unstinting years of wartime service. Her later work as an aviation historian produced her book The Forgotten Pilots, which was an invaluable source of factual material on the ATA. Claire Walters, American pilot and President-Owner of the Claire Walters Flight Academy in Santa Monica, California. Claire Walters is one of the great flight instructors. Her generosity, patience, dedication, warmth and good humor have no limit. Ann Wood, American pilot and former First Officer in the British Air Transport Auxiliary. Edna Gardner White, pioneer American pilot and member of the Ninety-Nines, Inc., the association of International Women Pilots. Betty H. Gillies, pioneer American pilot and member of the Advisory Board of the Ninety-Nines, Inc. Virginia Oualline, Archivist of the Ninety-Nines, Inc., resource center. Monsieur Pierre Belfond, President of Editions Belfond, Paris. When I asked him for books on the Parisian Music Hall he sent me thirty-five rare marvels. Mr. David Campbell of the Ritz in Paris. With his characteristic flair and kindness he opened the most important doors in Champagne to me. Monsieur Alexandre Tolstoi of the French Consulate of Los Angeles. Madame Marianne Bain of Los Angeles. Monsieur Bertrand Mure, President and Director General of Ruinart Champagne. iM ¦1'