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Robyn Clay-Williams, one of the first two female pilots in the Royal Australian Air Force and the service's first female test pilot; Jerrie Cobb (1931–2019), first woman to fly in the Paris Air Show and to be tested as an astronaut [18] [19] Jacqueline Cochran (1908–1980), first woman to fly faster than the speed of sound [20]
She was the first female pilot to fly solo non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean and set many other records. [2] She was one of the first aviators to promote commercial air travel, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences, and was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots. [3]
Pakistani pilot Ayesha Farooq was the first female fighter pilot for the Pakistan Air Force. At least 19 women became pilots in the air force in the decade from 2003. [ 262 ] India has been very successful at recruiting women to pilot commercial airliners.
Bonnie Tiburzi is the first female pilot for American Airlines and the first female pilot for a major American commercial airline, [152] as well as the first woman in the world to earn a Flight Engineer rating on a turbo-jet aircraft. [153] The United States Navy allows women to train as pilots. [154]
Mary Wallace Funk (born February 1, 1939) is an American aviator, commercial astronaut, [1] [2] and Goodwill Ambassador.She was the first female air safety investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board, the first female civilian flight instructor at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and the first female Federal Aviation Agency inspector, as well as one of the Mercury 13.
The first air-to-air victory by a female pilot comes 30 years after Lt. Kara Hultgreen became the first carrier-based female fighter pilot in the Navy, flying the F-14 Tomcat off the USS Abraham ...
Amanda Lee (born c. 1986) is a naval aviator in the United States Navy.She was selected in June 2022 as the first female fighter jet pilot in the elite Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron.
Barbara Ann Allen Rainey (August 20, 1948 – July 13, 1982) was one of the first six female pilots in the U.S. armed forces. [2] Rainey received her wings of gold as the first female to be designated a naval aviator in February 1974 [3] and became the first Navy woman to qualify as a jet pilot. [2]