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Hélène Dutrieu
Aviatrix and stunt woman Hélène Dutrieu smiling for a photo.
Hélène Dutrieu
Hélène Dutrieu piloting an early plane.
Harriet Quimby Flies an Early Plane
Famous aviatrix Harriet Quimby sits in the seat of an early plane. She was the first female pilot in the United States and the first woman to fly across the English Channel.
Harriet Quimby in Bleriot Plane
Aviatrix pioneer Harriet Quimby sitting in her Bleriot plane about to take off.
Sheila Scott at the Controls
British aviatrix Sheila Scott sits at the controls of a plane. Scott was known for her record breaking, accomplishing over a hundred new records in her piloting career. She was also credited as being the first pilot to fly over the North Pole in…
Sheila Scott at Home
British aviatrix Sheila Scott sitting for a photograph at her home.
Sheila Scott
British aviatrix Sheila Scott posing by her plane. The original print was signed by Scott.
Alys McKey Bryant
Alys McKey Bryant, the first woman to fly in Canada, posing for a photo in her flight gear.
Lauretta M. Schimmoler
Aviatrix Lauretta M. Schimmoler is pictured here next to a training plane in Sycamore, Ohio. Schimmoler had an impressive resume in and out of the flying community. She was one of the first members of the Ninety-Nines. Schimmoler was the first…
Louise Thaden at the First Women's Air Derby
Aviatrix Louise Thaden holding her victory wreath after arriving first to Cleveland, Ohio in the first Women's Air Derby in 1929 (later called the Powder Puff Derby).
Julia Clark
Julia Clark sitting in an open cockpit in her plane.
Mary Haizlip
Mary Haizlip waves from her American Eagle plane. She is about to take off as a participant in the 1929 First Women's Air Derby from California to Ohio. It lasted from August 18 to August 26. The pioneer aviatrix was the second woman to receive…
Evelyn "Bobbi" Trout
Evelyn "Bobbi" Trout was an early aviator who participated in the 1929 Women's Air Derby. In this picture from 1929, Trout is modeling a newly designed electrically-heated flying suit. Trout and Elinor Smith were the first women's team to set the…
Helen MacCloskey and Helen Richey
Helen MacCloskey and Helen Richey sit on a plane at the Cord Cup National Air Derby on Saturday August 20, 1932 in Washington, D.C. The Cord Cup National Air Derby was a transcontinental air race that had pilots beginning in Washington D.C. and Los…
Harriet Quimby in Bleriot Airplane
Famous aviatrix Harriet Quimby sits in the seat of a Bleriot plane. She was the first female pilot in the United States and the first woman to fly across the English Channel. This picture was taken during her flight across the English Channel on…
Katherine Irons and Winifred Wood
Katherine Irons and Winifred Wood wearing army issued flight suits at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas during their Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) training.
Marvel Crosson
A close up of Marvel Crosson, a participant in the 1929 Women's Air Derby.
Marvel Crosson's Plane Wreck
Pictured here is the wreckage of Marvel Crosson's plane. Her plane inexplicably failed under suspicious circumstances during her flight from Santa Monica to Cleveland in the 1929 Women's Air Derby. Crosson was just 25 at the time.
Marvel Crosson
Aviatrix Marvel Crosson preparing a plane for flight.
Frankie Renner and a Waco P40 Plane
Frankie Renner standing in front of her specially made Waco P40 biplane.
Frankie Renner
Frankie G. Renner, aviatrix from Akron, Ohio, stands in front of her plane on March 13, 1931 at the Balloon Field in Ohio.
Ruth Law in a Curtiss Pusher Plane
Ruth Law piloting a Curtiss Pusher Plane.
1966 Powder Puff Derby Contestants
The contestants of the 1966 Powder Puff Derby posing together on stage at a Jack Tar Hotel in Clearwater, Florida. The derby began in Seattle, Washington and ended in Clearwater, Florida, a total of 2875 miles. The contestants flew a Piper Cherokee…
Rosella Bjornson
First Officer Rosella Bjornson of Pacific Western Airlines (formerly with Transair of Canada.) She was the first Canadian woman jet pilot and the first woman in North America to fly as copilot on a jet aircraft for a scheduled air carrier.
Abigail Davis
Second Officer Abigail Davis was a pilot for the Boeing 727. She was the first woman to be hired as a pilot by Northwest Orient Airlines.