Biographer of Valerie Andre, France’s first female Army general and trailblazing helicopter rescue pilot reflects on Valerie’s military career after her death at 102.
Charles Morgan Evans
Charles Morgan Evans is the founding curator of the Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos, California. He is the author of Helicopter Heroine-- Valérie André―Surgeon, Pioneer Rescue Pilot, and Her Courage Under Fire. He can be reached at charlesmevans@hotmail.com.

