[3] Her parents wanted her to attend the cultural school, but her father was supportive when she asked to learn to fly;[7] she had grown up admiring Amelia Earhart.

[5] Anecdotally, Colomer is reported to have first "flown" aged seven, when she jumped out of a second floor window[5] from the back of her house on Calle Principe de Asturias[4] while holding an umbrella "like Mary Poppins".

[3][4] Colomer and her father persuaded Josep Canudas, the rector of Barcelona Aviation School, to allow her to attend.

[7] Colomer would cycle to the Catalunya (El Prat) Aerodrome to test the planes being fixed up by mechanics.

[7] Her achievement got her on the front cover of Catalonia's main newspaper, La Vanguardia, two days later[5][7] and she was given a tribute by the Provincial Deputation of Barcelona.

[11] She quickly became a popular figure, as in Spain at the time the ability to fly was a public spectacle, performing in many demonstrations; when the Second Spanish Republic was declared, she flew a plane with a banner in the colours of the new flag over Barcelona; one of her first passengers was Lluís Companys, the President of Catalonia; and in 1932 she landed a Zeppelin in Barcelona, a massive social event.

[5] Colomer was a Republican, supporting the Spanish Republic and the autonomous Catalan government; her first mission was on 2 August 1936.

[6] Colomer initially considered flying to Montevideo, Uruguay, where her father was exiled, but chose to stay with Carreras.

[b] Carreras served again as a pilot, for the Royal Air Force,[dubious – discuss] winning a medal for gallantry,[citation needed] and so was often away from home: when Colomer went into labour with their twins (a son and daughter) during an air raid she had to cycle herself to a hospital to give birth.

[14] In July 2018, the "Herstóricas: Historia, Mujeres y Género" ("Her-story: History, Women and Gender") association and the Comic Authors Collective created a cultural education project to make women's history more visible, creating a pack of cards, one of which depicts Colomer.

[15] Miguel de Lucas wrote in 2015 that Colomer "led [a life] of legend and enjoyed an uncommon longevity.