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1939: women's world record in gliding for point-to-point flight. [64] 1943: While in the Luftwaffe, the first woman to pilot a rocket plane (Messerschmitt Me 163). She survived a disastrous crash though with severe injuries and because of this she became the first of three German women to receive the Iron Cross First Class.
Melitta Schenk Gräfin [1] von Stauffenberg (née Schiller; 3 January 1903 - 8 April 1945 [2]) was a German aviator who served as a test pilot in the Luftwaffe before and during World War II. She was the second German woman to be awarded the honorary title of Flugkapitän (English: flight captain ) and also flew over 2,500 test flights in dive ...
The inscription reads "Birthplace of the first German female airplane pilot." Melli Beese's grave. Beese's marriage deteriorated. By 1925, the couple had separated and Beese was living alone in Schmargendorf. Beese had an unfortunate accident the same year, crashing the airplane she was flying when she reapplied for her pilot's license.
Hanna Reitsch (1912–1979), German glider pilot who established many records and became a test pilot in WWII [51] Ola Mildred Rexroat (1917–2017), only Native American woman to serve in the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs)
Germany portal This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:German aviators . It includes aviators that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
Elisabeth Friske (1939/1940 – 31 May 1987) was a West German commercial airline pilot. She was the first female commercial airline pilot in West Germany, [ 1 ] and one of the first women to fly commercially anywhere in the Western Hemisphere.
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.
Elly Beinhorn (30 May 1907 – 28 November 2007) was a pioneering German female aircraft pilot. Life ... Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia.