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Amy Johnson CBE (born 1 July 1903 – disappeared 5 January 1941) was a pioneering English pilot who was the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia. Flying solo or with her husband, Jim Mollison , she set many long-distance records during the 1930s.
Bonnie Tiburzi (born 1948), first female pilot for American Airlines and the first female pilot for a major American commercial airline. Bobbi Trout (1906–2003), set endurance records and was the first woman to fly all night [68] [69]
In 1930, she broke Amelia Earhart's air speed record. [3] Barnes raced in the Women's Air Derby and was a member of the Ninety-Nines . In later years, she was known as the owner of the Happy Bottom Riding Club , a bar and restaurant in the Mojave Desert , Southern California , catering to the legendary test pilots and aviators who worked nearby.
Beryl Markham, c. 1930. In 1936, Markham made a solo flight across the Atlantic, from England to North America. [2]: 166, 205 When she decided to take on the Atlantic crossing, no pilot had yet flown non-stop from Europe to New York. On 4 September 1936, she took off from Abingdon, southern England.
In June 1929 the parachute-maker Irving Parachute Company, hired her to tour the United States, flying a Bellanca Pacemaker on a 6,000-mile (9,700 km) tour, making the 18-year-old Smith the first female Executive Pilot. On this tour, at the air races in Cleveland, Ohio, she was the pilot for an unprecedented seven-man parachute drop. [1]
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.
When, in May, Amy Johnson, who also trained at the LAC, completed the first solo flight for a female pilot from England to Australia in 19 days, Batten sought not only to emulate Johnson but beat her record. [26] [27] Batten earned her pilot's A licence on 5 December 1930. [27]
In 1929, she became the first pilot to hold the women's altitude, endurance and speed records in light planes simultaneously. Thaden set the women's altitude record in December 1928 with a mark of 20,260 feet. In March 1929, she set the women's endurance record with a flight of 22 hours, 3 minutes, 12 seconds.