Historic Female Aviators

HISTORIC FEMALE AVIATORS

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Note: If the final column in the below table is empty, it means that the Notable was already connected to the Global Tree at the time of this project began.

Notable	Birth	Death	Home Country	Notability	CC7	Connection Status
Thérèse Peltier	1873	1926	France	First ever female passenger in an airplane and possibly the first woman to pilot an aircraft	167	Connected
Harriett Quimby	1875	1912	USA	First American woman receive a pilot's license and the first woman to fly across the English Channel	910	Connected
Bessie Raiche	1875	1932	USA	First woman to fly solo in the United States	1866	Connected
Marie Marvingt	1873	1926	France	First female combat pilot	7	Not Connected
Hélène Dutrieu	1877	1961	Belgium	First female pilot to fly with a passenger	4	Not Connected
Lilian Bland	1878	1971	England	Britain's first female aviator	936	Connected
Raymonde De Laroche	1882	1919	France	World's first licensed female pilot	63	Connected
Aida de Acosta	1884	1962	USA	First woman to fly a powered aircraft (a dirigible) solo	4145	Connected
Blanche Stuart Scott	1884	1970	USA	Professional stunt "daredevil" pilot	140	Connected
Lydia Zvererva	1890	1916	Russia	First woman in Russia to earn a pilot's license	2	Not Connected
Bessie Coleman	1892	1926	USA	World's first Black aviatrix and the first person of color to hold an international pilot's license	151	Connected
Amelia Earhart	1897	1937	USA	The first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean	2976	Connected
Pancho Barnes	1901	1975	USA	Founder of the first movie stunt pilots' union	402	Connected
Nadia Russo	1901	1988	Romania	World War II military aviator	2	Not Connected
Baryl Markham	1902	1976	England/Kenya	First person to fly solo, non-stop across the Atlantic from Britain to North America	998	Connected
Ruth Elder	1902	1977	USA	Aviation pioneer and actress known as the "Miss America of Aviation	1765	Connected
Amy Johnson	1903	1941	England	First female pilot to fly from London to Australia	96	Connected
Jacqueline Cochran	1906	1980	USA	First woman to break the sound barrier	235	Connected
Lotfia Elnadi	1907	2002	Egypt	First Egyptian woman as well as the first woman from the Arab world and Africa to earn a pilot's license.	0	Not Connected
Jean Batten	1909	1982	New Zealand	Completed the first solo flight from England to New Zealand	1161	Connected
Sabiha Gökçen	1913	2001	Turkey	World's first female fighter pilot	3	Not Connected
Jaqueline Auriol	1917	2000	France	Accomplished stunt flier and test pilot.	40	Connected
Jerrie Mock	1925	2014	USA	First woman to fly solo around the world	65	Connected
Jeerie Cobb	1931	2019	USA	First of the Mercury 13 women to complete the physiological screening tests along with the Mercury 7 astronauts.	1480	Connected
Sally K. Ride	1951	2012	USA	First American woman in space	269	Connected

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