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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) First woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross (1932) First woman to fly nonstop, coast-to-coast across the U.S. (1932) [223] Women's speed transcontinental record (1933)
Beryl Markham (born Clutterbuck; 26 October 1902 – 3 August 1986) was a Kenyan aviator born in England (one of the first bush pilots), adventurer, racehorse trainer and author. She was the first person to fly solo, non-stop across the Atlantic from Britain to North America.
First woman to fly for a major U.S. airline: Bonnie Tiburzi became the first female pilot for a major U.S. airline, American Airlines, in March 1973. First manned flight by an electrically powered aeroplane: was made with a Brditschka MB-E1, a modified motor glider with an 8–10 kW (11–13 hp) Bosch KM77 electric motor on October 23, 1973. [244]
British Airways hires its first woman pilot, Lynne Barton. [95] Erma Johnson becomes the first black and first woman chair of the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport's Board of Directors. [178] Continental Airlines "The first all-women crew to command a wide-bodied commercial aircraft touched down in Sydney yesterday – and they were on time.
On 18 August 1932 Jim Mollison made the first east-to-west solo trans-Atlantic flight; flying from Portmarnock in Ireland to Pennfield, New Brunswick, Canada in a de Havilland Puss Moth. [19] In 1936 the first woman aviator to cross the Atlantic east to west, and the first person to fly solo from England to North America, was Beryl Markham.
First woman to fly a twin-engine aircraft around the world; First woman to fly the Pacific Ocean from west to east in a twin-engine plane; First woman to receive an airline transport rating at the age of 23; Youngest woman to complete a solo flight around the world. 1973 Rosella Bjornson: First female pilot for a commercial airline in North ...
Beryl Markham (1902–1986), first woman to fly west across the Atlantic alone, direct from England to North America [39] Marie Marvingt (1875–1963), first woman to fly from Europe to England across the North Sea by balloon [40] Angela Masson (born 1951), first woman to qualify to fly a jumbo jet [41]
Women eventually began to enter U.S. major commercial aviation in the 1970s and 1980s, with 1973 seeing the first female pilot at a major U.S. airline, American Airlines. American also promoted the first female captain of a major U.S. airline in 1986 and the following year had the first all-woman flight crew. [184]