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SHE FLIES FOR CHINA Lee Ya Ching is China's First Lady of the Air. She was the first woman in China to fly, and the example set by her has been followed by many Chinese youths now flying for the United Nations. After Studying and travelling in Europe, Miss Lee returned to China and was there in 1931 when Japan started her aggression into Manchuria. She shared the indignation felt by all the youth of China and in common with them, she determined to contribute to China's defense as soon as she could and so help vanquish China's enemy. A short time after this Miss Lee returned to Europe and entered the Ecole d'Aviation in Geneva, Switzerland. In a few months she won her pilot's license-- the first woman of any nationality to receive a flying license in Geneva, and the first Chinese woman ever to become a pilot. After a year of flying on the Continent, Miss Lee came to this country to continue her airplane training. She entered the Boeing School of of Aeronautics in San Francisco, the finest school of aviation in the world. During that year at Boeing, Lee Ya Ching became a finished pilot, learning everything there was to be learned about a plane, from celestial navigation to mechanics. All her classmates were young men training to become transport pilots. Miss Lee returned to China in 1936--just a year before Japan started her invasion of China. She piloted a government plane around China, to interest China's young men in aviation. She also became a co-pilot on China's Southwestern Airline. After war started, she did relief and hospital work in Shanghai until that city fell. She escaped to Canton, and continued her volunteer work for the wounded and refugees. At the end of 1938 Lee Ya Ching returned to the United States and made her first aerial goodwill tour, flying for Chinese relief organizations, and later two agencies now participating agencies of the United China Relief. In three months of one trip, she visited 40 cities. Lee Ya Ching has been flying and lecturing for United China Relief for the past two years, and has become one of China's most distinguished goodwill ambassadors.
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