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Aida de Acosta flying the airship Baladeuse in 1903 – the first woman to pilot a powered aircraft. This is a list of women aviators — women prominent in the field of aviation as constructors, designers, pilots and patrons. It also includes a list of their relevant organisations such as the Betsy Ross Air Corps and Women's Royal Air Force
Dall'Acqua, Joyce (March 23, 1986). "Women Pilots Built Their Careers on Fear of Flying: Companies Hired Them to Prove Safety of Air Travel". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. "p. 1". Archived from the original on 2016-12-02 "p. 2". Archived from the original on 2016-12-02
Bonnie Tiburzi is the first female pilot for American Airlines and the first female pilot for a major American commercial airline, [153] as well as the first woman in the world to earn a Flight Engineer rating on a turbo-jet aircraft. [154] The United States Navy allows women to train as pilots. [155]
In 1990, she joined United Airlines as a flight officer. At five feet, two inches, Claiborne was two inches shorter than the height required to fly commercial aircraft at other airlines at the ...
Aviation is a male-dominated industry. Here's what it's like to be a female pilot for the U.S. carrier with the highest percentage of female pilots.
The process of integrating women into combat units was a gradual one that began in 1993, when Defense Secretary Les Aspin issued an order that allowed women to fly fighter jets and bomber aircraft ...
Women helicopter pilots (46 P) M. Women military aviators (5 C, 44 P) Pages in category "Women aviators" ... List of women aviators * Timeline of women in aviation;
Whirly-Girls, International Women Helicopter Pilots 1998 Edna Gardner Whyte (1902–1992) 1992 Sheila Widnall (1938–) 1996 Betty Jane Williams (1919–2008) 2006 Janet C. Wolfenbarger (1958–) 2016 Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) 1993 Women's Section of the Air Transport Auxiliary: 2008 Jessie E. Woods (1909–2001) 1994 Mary Anna ...