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Amy Johnson Pioneering English aviator. The first aviatrix, to fly solo 11,000 miles (18,000 km) from England to Australia (in a Gipsy Moth), with a co-pilot she flew London to Moscow . |
Women pioneers in aviation
to whom
THE SKY IS NOT THE LIMIT
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Amelia Earhart Dubbed Lady Lindy by the press.
Amelia Earhart was a world-famous in 1928, she was the first woman to cross the U.S. and fly back again in a plane.
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Baroness Raymonde de la Roche Elise Raymonde Deroche was the first woman to receive a pilot's license |
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Bessie Coleman First African-American Female Aviator |
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Helen Richey
Was a pioneering female aviator and the first woman to be hired as a pilot by a commercial airline in the United States
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Harriet Quimby. First licensed female pilot in the US, 1911 |
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Smaranda Braescu
First female pilot in Romania |
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| Pancho Barnes Amelia Earhart women pilots 1929 Powder Puff Derby © Pancho Barnes Trust Estate Archive |
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| Florence Lowe (Pancho) Barnes world renown woman flying pilot- 1930 |
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Maria de Lourdes Sá Teixeira
First portuguese pilot's license |
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Ester Maria de Moura Portugal First Mozambique female aviator |
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Ada Rogato
Brasilian Pionner female aviator |