Aida de Acosta flying the airship Baladeuse in 1903 — the first women to pilot a powered aircraft.Blanche Scott — the "Tomboy of the Air".Lilian Bland flying the Mayfly in 1911. She built the aircraft herself to become the first women to fly in Ireland.Neta Snook, who taught Amelia Earhart how to fly.
This is a list of notable aviatrices — women prominent in the field of aviation as constructors, designers, pilots and sponsors.
Individuals
Aida de Acosta — the first woman to fly a powered aircraft alone.[1]
Amelia Earhart — the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.[2]
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^Henry Sakaida (2012), Heroines of the Soviet Union 1941-45, Osprey, p. 14, ISBN9781780966519
^Randal Fulkerson (2003), "Barnes, Florence "Pancho" Lowe", Encyclopedia of Women in the American West, SAGE Publications, pp. 26–27, ISBN9781452265261
^Elizabeth Purdy (2011), "Women in Aviation", Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World, vol. vol. 1, SAGE, p. 115, ISBN9781412976855((citation)): |volume= has extra text (help)
Douglas, Deborah (2015), American Women and Flight Since 1940, University Press of Kentucky, ISBN9780813148298
Gibson, Karen (2013), Women Aviators: 26 Stories of Pioneer Flights, Daring Missions, and Record-Setting Journeys, Chicago Review Press, ISBN9781613745403
Jablonski, Edward (1968), Ladybirds: Women in Aviation, Hawthorn Books
Lebow, Eileen (2003), Before Amelia: Women Pilots in the Early Days of Aviation, Potomac Books, ISBN9781612342252
Ruffin, Steven (2011), "First Ladies of the Air", Aviation's Most Wanted, Potomac, ISBN9781597974448
Shepherd, Rosalie (2004), Women Who Fly, Pelican, ISBN1455614394