Constance Leathart started flying lessons in 1925 with Newcastle Aero Club at Cramlington Aerodrome. She wrote her name as "C. R. Leathart" on the application form to disguise her gender, at a time when flying was almost exclusively the preserve of wealthy men.
Co-Curate is a project which brings together online collections, museums, universities, schools
and community groups to make and re-make stories and images from North East England and Cumbria.
Co-Curate
is a trans-disciplinary project that will open up 'official' museum and 'un-officia'l co-created
community-based collections and archives through innovative collaborative approaches using
social media and open archives/data.