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Elsa Teresia Andersson (27 April 1897 in Strövelstorp, Sweden – 22 January 1922) was Sweden's first female aviator and stunt parachutist. She was the daughter of a poor farmer in Strövelstorp in the Scanian countryside. Her mother died when she was aged six. Her elder brother left the family and sought a new life in America.
Broadwick ready to drop from a Martin T airplane piloted by Glenn Martin.. Georgia Ann "Tiny" Thompson Broadwick (April 8, 1893 in Oxford, North Carolina – August 25, 1978 in Long Beach, California), [1] [2] or Georgia Broadwick, previously known as Georgia Jacobs, and later known as Georgia Brown, was an American pioneering parachutist and the inventor of the ripcord. [3]
October 4 – National Air Races (Dayton, Ohio) – Captain Burt Skeel, pilot of a Curtis racing plane, was killed when the wings of his plane buckled prior to his start in the race. [ 324 ] March 23 – Jacksonville, Florida – Stunt woman Mabel Cody was injured after she fell from an airplane while attempting to transfer to the plane from a ...
The accident occurred away from the event's main viewing area. An experienced parachutist, she was the first woman to compete on the Pro Swooping Tour. [202] July 16 – Oregon International Airshow (Hillsboro, Oregon) – Pilot Robert E. Guilford was killed when his Hawker-Siddeley Hunter Mk 58 lost power and crashed into a residence. Guilford ...
Edith Maud Cook (1 September 1878 – 14 July 1910), was an early British parachutist, balloonist, and aviator, recognized as Britain's first female pilot. [1] She was also known as Viola Spencer-Kavanagh, Viola Spencer, Viola Kavanagh, and perhaps as Viola Fleet and Elsa Spencer.
Unfortunately, the parachutist was pronounced dead at the scene.” Related: 80-Year-Old Woman Goes Skydiving for the First Time — and Sums Up the Experience with One Word
Known as America’s first female serial killer, Aileen Wuornos carried out a string of notorious and brutal murders along the dark highways of Florida in late 1989 and 1990.. A victim of child ...
First person to die while piloting a powered airplane and the second person to be killed in an airplane crash Wright Model A: Port-Aviation (Juvisy), France Crashed from 20 feet Raymonde de Laroche: France 1919 First woman to earn a pilot's license experimental Caudron: Le Crotoy, France Leif Holger Larsen: Norway 2015 Diplomat Mil Mi-17