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From 1988 to 1994, she won the Betty Skelton First Lady of Aerobatics award six times in a row. In 1996, Wagstaff was the top-scoring US pilot at the World Aerobatics Championship. That year, she was also the first person to win the Charlie Hillard Trophy, awarded to the highest scoring U.S. pilot at the World Aerobatic Championships.
Kapanina was World Aerobatic Champion in the women's category in 1996, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2011 [2] and has won the title more times than any other pilot in the category. [3] Additionally, she was overall World Air Games Champion in 1997 and 2001.
This is a list of women aviators — women prominent in the field of aviation as constructors, designers, pilots and patrons. It also includes a list of their relevant organisations such as the Betsy Ross Air Corps and Women's Royal Air Force .
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.
Julie E. Clark (born June 27, 1948) is a retired American aerobatic air show aviator and commercial airline pilot. She started her commercial flying career with Golden West Airlines as a first officer and ended it in 2003 as a Northwest Airlines Airbus A320 Captain. She was one of the first female pilots to work for a major airline, and has ...
Betty Skelton Frankman Erde (June 28, 1926 – August 31, 2011) was a land speed record holder and aerobatics pilot who set 17 aviation and automobile records. [1] She was known as "The First Lady of Firsts", [2] and helped create opportunities for women in aviation, auto racing, astronautics, and advertising.
In 1966, Soviet pilot Galina Gavrilovna Korchuganova competed at the World Aerobatic Championship in Moscow and won gold in the women's individual competition, becoming the first women's world aerobatics champion.
Melissa Dawn Burns (born 1984), also known as Melissa Andrzejewski, is an American extreme sports athlete best known for being an aerobatics pilot, skydiver, B.A.S.E jumper, climber and technical scuba diver. [2] [3] She has won awards at home and internationally for her aerobatics and competitive flying.