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Wendy@phoenixgraphix.us
Feb 03 2013 at 9:50 AM
Hard to narrow the list, to be sure. The Naval Aviation Museum in FL is opening a new display on female aviators in March, 2013. I am working with Jerrie Mock to republish her book, Three Eight Charlie, which will be available in April, 2013. Let's work together to continue to honor our heroes and inspire the next generation!
destiney
Oct 31 2012 at 9:15 AM
HAPPY HALLOWEEN I KNOW THIS IS NOT THE SUBJECT BUT IDC HAPPY HALLOWEEN........>.>..>
destiney
Oct 26 2012 at 9:51 AM
why my comment from yesturday not on here i spent al this time on reading bout people and not doin my work thats was justa waste of typing
Mikel
Sep 08 2012 at 1:32 PM
Curiously absent is Lydia Litvyak. She was a Russian fighter pilot during WWII, one of only two women to achieve "ace" status, and the highest scoring (she was credited with 12 German aircraft destroyed).
dmadam
Sep 07 2012 at 10:27 AM
Its a shame that Beryl Markham was not included. A pioneering aviator who was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic East to West. She wrote a book about here flying days in Kenya call "West With the Night"
It's a shame i don't know any of these brave ladies!
Fabulous flying women
Earlier this summer, the worlds of aviation and space exploration lost a legend when the first American woman to fly in space, Sally Ride, succumbed to pancreatic cancer at the age of 61. Ever since Ride went into orbit aboard the Challenger in 1983, the trailblazing astronaut has inspired countless number of young women to take flight and follow their dreams by pursuing careers in aviation and astronautics.
Interestingly enough, just days before Ride’s death, veteran pilot Liu Yang, 33, became the first Chinese woman to enter space while aboard spacecraft Shenzhou 9 on a 13-day mission.
In honor of Ride and Yang, we’ve rounded up eight other pioneering aviators and astronauts, contemporary and historic who have shattered flight records and stereotypes — and in some cases, the sound barrier — and changed the course of history in the process.
We’ve come a long way since 19-year-old Aida de Acosta, much to the chagrin of her horrified parents, hopped into a dirigible in Paris and became the first woman to fly solo in a powered aircraft in 1903. (Text: Matt Hickman)
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