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Training masks are facial masks worn to limit the intake of air during breathing. Their ostensible purpose is to strengthen the respiratory musculature by making it work harder. There is some evidence that they may improve endurance capacity ( VO 2 max ) and power output, but research into their benefits has so far generally proven inconclusive.
Zara Rutherford (born 5 July 2002) is a Belgian-British aviator.At age 19, she became the youngest female pilot to fly solo around the world and the first person to complete a circumnavigation in a microlight aircraft after a five-month journey which began in Kortrijk, Belgium, on 18 August 2021, and ended on 20 January 2022.
In France, Suzanne Melk, was the first known women in her country to fly and the first women in Europe to receive a pilot's license in 1935. [110] Sarla Thakral was first Indian woman to fly, earning her aviation pilot license in 1936 in a Gypsy Moth solo. She later completed over 1000 hours of flight time. [111] [112]
Sheila Christine Scott OBE (née Hopkins; 27 April 1922 – 20 October 1988) was an English aviator who broke over 100 aviation records through her long-distance flight endeavours, which included a 34,000-mile (55,000 km) "world and a half" flight in 1971. On this flight, she became the first person to fly over the North Pole in a small aircraft.
Blanche Scott (1884–1970), possibly the first American women to fly solo (see Bessie Raiche) [55] Sheila Scott (1922–1988), first person to fly over the North Pole in a light aircraft [56] Tammie Jo Shults (born 1961), one of the first US Navy fighter pilots and captain of Southwest Airlines Flight 1380
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August 31: Lilian Bland of Ireland becomes the world's first woman to fly an airplane designed and built by herself. [19] September 3: Hélène Dutrieu of Belgium is the first woman in the world to fly with a passenger. [1] September 10: Bessie Raiche is credited with the first solo airplane flight by a woman in the United States.
Amelia Mary Earhart (/ ˈ ɛər h ɑːr t / AIR-hart; born July 24, 1897; declared dead January 5, 1939) was an American aviation pioneer.On July 2, 1937, she disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to become the first female pilot to circumnavigate the world.