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Dec 18, 2020 · Violette (de Sibour) Selfridge flew a Gipsy Moth, made by Geoffrey de Havilland, around the world in 1928 writing a book about it called The Flying Gypsies.. The Flying Gypsies by Violette DE SIBOUR Hardcover, Octavo Publisher: G P Putnam's Sons, 1930 Black cloth boards with green lettering to front and spine, with 24 black and white photographic plates including frontispiece, 8 line maps and ...
- Illinois
- June 5, 1897
- Frederick T. Bedford
- April 24, 1996
Violette Buckingham. Selfridge. Bedford. Daughter of London department store owner Harry Gordon Selfridge, Sr., and his wife Rosalie Amelia Buckingham Selfridge. Married to Jacques Jean de Sibour on May 4, 1921, in London, England. In 1928, they embarked on a trip around the world in a two-seater plane with both taking turns at the controls.
In the summer of 1928 a married couple, the Vicomte and Vicomtesse de Sibour of England, undertook the first around-the-world flight by a Gipsy Moth. They also may have been the first married couple to fly around the world. The Vicomtesse, Violette, later wrote a book about it called “Flying Gypsies.”. And what an interesting couple they were.
Brief Life History of Violette Buckingham. When Violette Buckingham Selfridge was born on 5 June 1897, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, her father, Harry Gordon Selfridge Sr., was 39 and her mother, Rosalie Amelia Buckingham, was 36. She married Jacques Gabriel de Sibour on 4 May 1921. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 ...
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Violette Selfridge (*-*) A tiny Moth aeroplane started on its way around the world from Stag Lane Aerodrome, London, piloted by the Vicomte Jacques de Sibour, and his wife, who was formerly Miss Violette Selfridge, the second daughter of Mr Gordon Selfridge. Uncropped Photo shows : Mr Gordon Selfridge helping to adjust his daughter's headgear ...
Use this image. Vicomte Jacques Blaise de Sibour Jr; Vicomtesse Violette Buckingham de Sibour (née Selfridge); Jacqueline de Sibour. by Bassano Ltd. whole-plate film negative, 23 July 1936. NPG x152297.
