BRUCE (Mildred Mary Petre, 1895-1990, Mrs Victor Bruce, Record Breaking Racing Motorist, Speedboat Racer and Aviator in the 1920’s and 30’s)

Postcard Photo Signed showing her in a skirt but with a flying helmet and jacket, standing next to her Miles Satyr plane which, at the time when the photograph was taken, was the smallest bi-plane in the world, 5½” x 3½”, no place, no date but circa

Bruce borrowed an AC Six car from Selwyn Edge, and started the 1927 Monte Carlo Rally from John o' Groats. After travelling 1,700 miles in 72 hours without sleeping, she finished sixth overall, and won the Coupe des Dames, for the women's class. On 28th January 1927, she departed Monte Carlo on an 8,000-mile endurance trial through Italy, Sicily, Tunisia, Morocco, Spain, and France. She drove the car 1,000 miles around the Montlhéry oval circuit near Paris, then finally returned to England. On 9th July 1927, she departed from London in the same car, once again accompanied by her husband plus a journalist and an engineer. They drove through France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, and finally planted a Union Jack about 250 miles north of the Arctic Circle. It was farther north than anyone had previously driven, a record that remained unbroken until the 21st century.
The Miles M.1 Satyr was a 1930s British single-seat aerobatic biplane designed by F.G. Miles and built for him by George Parnall and Company. She used this plane when she toured the country when she was involved with the British Hospital Air Pageants Flying Circus.

Item Date:  1933

Stock No:  41936      £125

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