Woman Pilots in History

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Woman Pilots in History
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• Amelia Earhart
• Born in Kansas in 1897
• Set many records including first woman to fly
  solo across the Atlantic
• Along with others, formed the Ninety-Nines in
  1929 to promote women in aviation
• Disappeared in a globe-circling flight in
  1937 I fly for the fun of it

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• Harriet Quimby
• 1911 1st woman licensed as a pilot in the US
• 1912 1st woman to fly solo across the English
  Channel
• During an exhibition in Boston, she and her
  passenger fell out of her plane no seat
  belts!

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• Bessie Coleman
• Born in Texas in 1892
• First black woman to learn to fly
• Pursued a career as an aerobatic stunt pilot
• First licensed black woman aviator in U.S.
• USPS honored her with a postage stamp

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• Florence Pancho Barnes
• Born in California in 1901
• Skilled horsewoman and aviator, charter member of
  99s
• Competed in races, set speed records and
  performed stunts for motion pictures (Hells
  Angels)
• Organized the Womens Air Reserve, an
  organization of female pilots that participated
  in emergency responses in WWII

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• Jacqueline Cochran
• Born in Florida in 1906
• Set speed and altitude records
• Earned her private pilot license in 3 weeks!
• Organized the Womens Air force Service Pilots
  during WWII

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• Geraldine (Jerrie) Cobb
• Born in 1931 in Oklahoma
• Received her pilots license on her 16th
  birthday
• 1959 1st woman to undergo astronaut testing
• Spent 35 yrs as a missionary flying medical
  supplies to South America

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• Sally Ride
• Born in Encino, CA in 1951
• 1983 First American woman in space
• Youngest American to go into space at32 years
  old
• Left NASA in 1987 to work at Stanford Univ.
• Now President CEO of Sally Ride Science,
  creating entertaining science programs
  encouraging young women to study science math

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• Eileen Collins
• During college, joined the ROTC and joined the
  Air Force Training program
• Became an astronaut in 1991
• In 1999, first woman to command the space shuttle

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Space Launch!
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