Australian Mrs Keith Miller was better known in America than she was in her own country. Her introduction to celebrity status was as the first woman to fly across the world from England to Australia–her friend Bill Lancaster taking her as a passenger in his two seat Avro Avian .

The pair went on to America where Chubby learnt to fly and became well known in air-racing circles as one of the most successful women contestants.

The delightful painting of her Alexander Bullet monoplane over New York shows her at the height of her fame when she created a new transcontinental record. The story accompanying this reproduction records the short life of her murderous little aircraft and is illustrated by the artist’s portrait of the ebullient “Chubby” Miller in her all-white flying gear.