... Fiona McSherry, 23, from Newry, has retumed from a presentation ceremony in Switzerand at which she was awarded a Zonta Amelia Earhart Fellowship worth 6,000 dollars. The fellowships are awarded annually to women studying aerospace and engineering subjects ...

... immediately, reverting, when there were no flying jobs available, to rooming -house poverty and addressing envelopes. Amelia Earhart hankered to start a club. In 1929, all US women fliers were circulated, and 99 said yes. The number who joined the group ...

... March hare' was how the locals summed up young Margaret Thomas and that was before she became an ace pilot. As one of Amelia Earhart's famous club of 99 American women pilots, `Tommy' had to fight against the male prejudices of the day and the notion ...