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| Valérie André, first woman to fly a helicopter into combat zones, nicknamed ‘Madame Ventilateur' | |
| 2025-02-18 | |
| [Telegraph] She also made 121 parachute jumps to treat wounded men on the ground, who were astonished by ‘a girl, of all things, falling out of the sky’ Valérie André, who has died aged 102, was a brain surgeon, parachutist and pioneering helicopter pilot – the first woman to fly helicopter missions in combat zones, and also the first woman to become a general in the French army…
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| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #5 ‘a girl, of all things, falling out of the sky’ Valkyries. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-02-18 22:48 |
| #4 Not to be confused with la Dentilateur. |
| Posted by: Pancho Poodle8452 2025-02-18 21:45 |
| #3 Hat tip to Abu. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2025-02-18 13:25 |
| #2 I figured ventilateur meant that she ventilated the enemy with a machine gun so I was ready to post a link to the YouTube video of the Rolling Stones playing Ventilator Blues. But it turns out the word in French means fan, as in the helicopter's rotor blades. She must have been quite an impressive lady. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2025-02-18 12:04 |
| #1 “The Woman Who Came From the Sky” — Meet Valérie André, the World’s First Female Helicopter Rescue Pilot |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2025-02-18 11:57 |