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Victoria Murden McClure (born March 6, 1963 [1]) is an athlete, adventurer, chaplain, lawyer, and university administrator who was the first woman and the first American to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean, which she did in 1999. [2]
First woman to fly the Atlantic Ocean (1928) Speed records for 100 km (and with 500 lb (230 kg) cargo) (1931) First woman to fly an autogyro (1931) Altitude record for autogyros: 18,415 ft (1931) First woman to cross the United States in an autogyro (1931) First woman to fly the Atlantic solo (1932) First person to fly the Atlantic twice (1932)
On May 21, 1932, Amelia Earhart set out to become the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean alone after becoming the first woman to fly across the Atlantic as a passenger four years prior.
Sharon Sites Adams (born 29 May 1930) [1] was the first woman to sail solo across the Pacific Ocean, which she did in 1969, from Yokohama to San Diego in her boat named "Sea Sharp II". [2] [3] [4] For this feat she was named the Los Angeles Times Woman of the Year in 1969. [3] She was born in Washington, with the given names Phyllis Mae. [1]
First woman to fly solo around the world [2] First woman to fly around the world in a single-engine plane; First woman to fly U.S. – Africa via North Atlantic; First woman to fly the Pacific single-engine; First woman to fly the Pacific West to East; First woman to fly both the Atlantic and Pacific; First woman to fly the Pacific both directions
First woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. [18] 1933 Lotfia ElNadi: First African woman and first Arab woman to earn a pilot's license. 1937 Sabiha Gökçen: The first military woman to fly combat missions. 1948 Daisy Pon The first woman aeronautical engineering graduate in Canada. A graduate of the University of Toronto. [19]
First woman pilot and the youngest in the world to fly solo across the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean on a light-sport aircraft. Aarohi Pandit (born 10 February 1996) is an Indian pilot. In 2019, she became the world's first woman pilot and the youngest pilot-at the age of 23-to cross the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean solo in a light ...
The Pacific is the largest of the planet's oceans, but to Sonya Baumstein it's just one more big body of water waiting to be crossed. She intends to do so on a rowboat, just as she did with the ...