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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) [221] Women's speed transcontinental record (1933) First person to fly solo between Honolulu, Hawaii, and Oakland, California ...
Harriet Quimby (May 11, 1875 – July 1, 1912) was an American pioneering aviator, journalist, and film screenwriter. In 1911, she became the first woman in the United States to receive a pilot's license and in 1912 the first woman to fly across the English Channel.
First female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean: Amelia Earhart, in a Lockheed Vega 5B, flew from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, to Culmore, Ireland, on May 20, 1932. [ 187 ] First successful helicopter with a single main lifting rotor : Alexei Cheremukhin and Boris Yuriev's TsAGI -1EA, which flew to a record altitude of 1,985 ft (605 m ...
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.
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.
Clara Adams (born Clara Grabau; 1884–1971), known as the "first flighter" [1] and the "maiden of maiden flights," [2] was an aircraft passenger and enthusiast who set a variety of flying records. She helped popularize air travel [3] and was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic as a passenger aboard the Graf Zeppelin.
The Levasseur PL.8 biplane was piloted by two French aviators who had hoped to complete the first nonstop trip across the Atlantic Ocean, but it vanished somewhere over coastal North America in 1927.
“I think a lot of people get hung up on that disappearance and that becomes the conversation, when the real conversation is her, both her popularity and her achievements, her impact on the ...