Women in Aviation

fying solo Фотеn in Aviation 1906 became the E.Lillian Todd FIRST WOMAN to help design and build aircraft 1908 Madame Therese Peltier IS THE FIRST WOMAN TO FLY AN AIRPLANE SOLO 1910 Baroness Raymonde de Laroche WOMEN'S PILOT LICENSE OBTAINS FIRST 1928 Amelia Earhart IS THE FIRST WOMAN TO FLY ACROSS THE ATLANTIC 1929 Florence Low Barnes BECOMES FIRSTWOMAN TO STUNT PILOT IN MOTION PICTURE "HELL'S ANGELS" 1938 Наппа Reitsch BECOMES FIRSTWOMAN TO FLYA HELICOPTER 1943 WOMEN MAKE UP MORE THAN 30% OF THE WORK FORCE IN AVIATION INDUSTRY 1953 Jacquelin Jakie) Cochran BECOMES FIRSTWOMAN TO BREAK THE SOUND BARRIER 1973 US NAVY ANNOUNCES PILOT TRAINING FOR WOMEN 1980 Дупn Rippelmeyer BECOMES FIRSTWOMAN TO PILOT A BOEING 747 2001 Polly Vacher BECOMES THE FIRST WOMAN TO FLY AROUND THE WORLD IN A SMALL PLANE 2012 Liu Yang BECOMES PIRST WOMANLAUNCHED BY CHINA INTO SPACE created by FLIGHTSTORE THE BEST PILOT SUPPLIES FOR LESS Information Source: http://womenshistory.about.com *******