Ruth Elder standing at the Paul Cox Airfield in Terre Haute, Indiana on August 25, 1929. The first Women's Air Derby, also called the Powder Puff Derby, took place between August 18 and August 27, 1929. The flight began in Santa Monica, California…
Aviatrix Jacqueline "Jackie" Cochran and Northrop T-38 Talon supersonic twin-jet trainer she flew 844.2 miles per hour to a new world's 15 kilometer speed record for women August 24, 1961 at Edwards Air Force Base, California.
Commemorative stamp of aviatrix Jacqueline “Jackie” Cochran. Cochran broke multiple records and was largely responsible for the formation of the Women Air Service Pilots (WASP). In 1996, the United States Postal Service issued the 50 cent stamp to…
The Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) founder Jacqueline "Jackie" Cochran salutes from the cockpit of a Seversky before taking off for a long distance record flight.
Alys McKey Bryant standing in front of a Curtiss biplane on July 31, 1913 around 3 P.M. in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. This photo was presumably taken shortly after she became the first woman to fly in Canada.
Aviatrix Jacqueline “Jackie” Cochran sitting in the cockpit of a Northrop T-38 Talon supersonic twin-jet trainer with Chuck Yeager standing on the ladder next to her.
A compilation of nine photographs of notable individuals in flight accompanying an advertisement for Beechcraft planes, featuring a story about early female pilot Blanche Stuart Scott and her flight in a Beechcraft model. These clippings come from an…
Blanche Noyes (front row, third from the right, in overcoat) and a large group of aviatrixes pose for a photo during a Women's Advisory Committee on Aviation (WACOA) meeting on May 20, 1974.
A group of aviatrices stand by President Kennedy at the White House for the Amelia Earhart First Day Cover Presentation. From left to right: President John F. Kennedy, Louise Smith, Blanche Noyes, Virginia Thompson, Alice Hammond, Marion Andrews, and…
Aviatrixes Blanche Stuart Scott and Clara Adams pause to have their picture taken at an event, most likely an air race. Scott was the first female test pilot and the first women to fly long distance in America. Adams was the first women to fly across…
Five uniformed women of the British Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) at No. 5 Ferry Pool in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England. The women are (from left to right) First Officer Lettice Curtis, First Officer Jenny Broad, First Officer Audrey Sale-Barker,…
Ann Kenyon, a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), is seen talking to her commanding officer in a military cafeteria at Camp Hood, Texas.