Aline Rhonie
Aline Rhonie | |
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Born | Aline Rhonie Hofheimer August 16, 1909 |
Died | January 7, 1963 | (aged 53)
Education | Dalton School |
Occupation(s) | Artist, aviator |
Organizations |
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Spouses | Richard Bamberger
(m. 1926; div. 1930)Reginal Langhorne Brooks
(m. 1933; div. 1937) |
Relatives | Lady Astor (Aunt-in-law) |
Awards |
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Aviation career | |
Full name | Aline "Pat" Rhonie Hofheimer Brooks |
First flight | De Havilland Moth |
Famous flights | First woman to fly solo from New York to Mexico City |
Flight license | 1931 1936 (UK pilot license) 1938 (Irish commercial license) | (transport)
Air force | Women Airforce Service Pilots Air Transport Auxiliary |
Battles | World War II |
Aline "Pat" Rhonie Hofheimer Brooks (August 16, 1909 – January 7, 1963) was an American aviator. Rhonie had several firsts as a pilot and was one of the pioneering women aviation pilots in World War II. She became one of the first members of the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS). Rhonie also drove an ambulance in France. Rhonie is also known for her aviation history mural which is now located at Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology.
Biography
Aline Rhonie was born as Aline Rhonie Hofheimer in York, Pennsylvania, on August 16, 1909.[1] She was born into the notable Hofheimer family of York township.[2] She moved from York to New Jersey at the age of three. Rhonie attended Dalton School in New York.[3]
Rhonie married Richard Bamberger, a member of a wealthy New York family, when she was 17.[4] She became interested in flying after helping two pilots who had crash-landed near her grandfather's golf course.[4]
She moved to
Rhonie divorced Bamberger in December 1930 in Reno.[8] After the divorce, she took her middle name, Rhonie, as her last name.[3] A year later, she met a nephew of Lady Astor, Reginal Langhorne Brooks.[4] Brooks was a Marine Corps aviator and was learning Morse code, which he shared with Rhonie.[4] When they got married in 1933, they flew 17,000 miles in separate planes to their honeymoon, flying through various locations including the West Indies and Mexico.[4][3] Rhonie was the first woman to fly solo from New York to Mexico City.[9][10] Later, in 1937, Brooks divorced Rhonie.[11]
During
After the war, Rhonie learned mural painting from the Mexican painter
She died on January 7, 1963, in Palm Beach, Florida, at the age of 54.[10]
Awards and honors
Rhonie won several awards and recognitions, including membership of the French national association of the
References
- ^ a b "Aline Rhonie, Aviatrix". OpenCockpit.net. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- ^ a b McClure, Jim. "Pioneering aviator Aline Rhonie another York native who made U.S. headlines". York Daily Record. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
- ^ a b c "Society Flier Weds Mrs. Aline Rhonie, Hofheimer Heiress". The Courier-News. 26 May 1933. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
- ^ a b c d e f g Dorrity, Bernard (15 January 1950). "Aline Remembers Grandpa". The Atlanta Constitution. Retrieved 2019-01-12 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Heiress 'Does Something'". Star Tribune. 6 November 1949. Retrieved 2019-01-09 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Happy Day". The Pittsburgh Press. 28 December 1931. Retrieved 2019-01-12 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "One of Warren's proudest daughters named to state's Aviator's Hall of Fame". Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- ^ "Girl Flier Hurt". The Danville Morning News. 26 January 1931. Retrieved 2019-01-09 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b McCarthy, Julia (14 August 1938). "1 Up on Corrigan, She Has an Irish License". Daily News. Retrieved 2019-01-12 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Miss Aline Rhonie, Pioneer Aviatrix". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 9 January 1963. Retrieved 2019-01-12 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Divorced in Reno". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 2 June 1937. Retrieved 2019-01-12 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Robb, Inez (23 May 1940). "Aline Rhonie Believes U.S. Should Train Women As Liaison Fliers in War". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved 2019-01-12 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Junior Aviators to Hear Girl Ambulance Driver". The Akron Beacon Journal. 20 August 1940. Retrieved 2019-01-13 – via Newspapers.com.
- ISBN 9781574412413.
- ^ a b c Levoy, Laurie (23 May 2010). "N.J. Aviation Hall to Induct Pioneers". The Courier-News. Retrieved 2019-01-12 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Aline Rhonie Papers 1920s-1990s". National Air and Space Museum. 2016-05-13. Archived from the original on 13 January 2019. Retrieved 2019-01-13.
- ^ a b Maksel, Rebecca (14 August 2015). "Artist Aline Rhonie Tried to Capture All of Early Aviation in a Single Painting". Air & Space Magazine. Archived from the original on 23 May 2016. Retrieved 2019-01-13.
- ^ "Mrs. Aline Brooks receives honour". Palm Beach Daily News. 26 February 1958. [dead link]
- ^ "Acquisitions - National Air and Space Museum". airandspace.si.edu. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
External links
- Video tribute to Aline Hofheimer on YouTube.