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First woman to fly the Atlantic Ocean (1928) Speed records for 100 km (and with 500 lb (230 kg) cargo) (1931) First woman to fly an autogyro (1931) Altitude record for autogyros: 18,415 ft (1931) 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)
During this flight, in a Percival Gull Six monoplane, she completed the fastest crossing of the South Atlantic Ocean and was the first woman to make the England–South America flight. The pinnacle of her flying achievements came in October 1936, when she flew her Gull from England to New Zealand, covering the distance in a little over 11 days ...
Geraldine "Jerrie" Fredritz Mock (November 22, 1925 – September 30, 2014) was an American pilot and the first woman to fly solo around the world. [2] She flew a single engine Cessna 180 (registered N1538C) christened the Spirit of Columbus and nicknamed "Charlie."
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]
First woman pilot and the youngest in the world to fly solo across the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean on a light-sport aircraft. Aarohi Pandit (born 10 February 1996) is an Indian pilot. In 2019, she became the world's first woman pilot and the youngest pilot-at the age of 23-to cross the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean solo in a light ...
In October 1927 she took off from New York in the Stinson Detroiter American Girl, with George Haldeman as pilot, in an attempt to become the first woman transatlantic airplane flyer. Mechanical problems caused them to ditch the plane 360 miles from the Azores, but they established a new over-water endurance flight record of 2,623 miles. [4]
Beryl Markham from England is the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean from east to west. [1] Lee Ya-Ching becomes the first woman to be licensed as a pilot in China. [79] Phyllis Doreen Hooper earns the first women commercial pilot license in South Africa. [80] Mulumebet Emeru is the first woman pilot of Ethiopia.
On July 31, 1991, the United States Senate lifted the ban on military women flying in combat. [222] By 1998, US military women were flying combat missions from aircraft carriers. [223] In 1992, the first female helicopter pilot to fly in Antarctica was a military officer, Judy Chesser Coffman, of the United States Navy. [224]