Lois Butler
Lois Butler was an Olympic skier, aviator and one of the early members of the Air Transport Auxiliary.Life
Butler was born in Montreal to Minnie and Sir William Duff Reid who owned railways in Canada.
She and her second husband, Alan Samuel Butler, set a world record for two-seater light planes, of 119.77 m.p.h. in 1928.
Butler was a skier and she represented Canada at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, captaining the women's team and competing in the women's combined event.
Butler was one of the first eight members of the Air Transport Auxiliary. By the end of the war, she had more than 1000 flying hours and had flown 36 types of aircraft, and was one of the most experienced service pilots.
