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…
Captain Sharyn Emminger and First Officer Karen Squyres flying Short SD-3-30 for Hawaiian Airlines. They were the first all-female crew for US Hawaiian Airlines.
Ruth Law sits with her hands at the lever controls of her self-built aircraft. The hand-written caption on the back of the photograph reads "Center section view of Curtiss Model E. [illegible] which I had built for my exhibition flight and won med…
Ruth Elder standing on Paul Cox Air Field during the 1929 Women's Air Derby. Caption on the back of the photograph reads "Three cheers for Ruth!!! Always smiling."
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…
Ruth Elder and Vera Dawn Walker’s planes at Paul Cox Airfield in Terre Haute, Indiana on August 25th during the 1929 Women's Air Derby. The foreground plane, No. 66, Swallow J-5, was flown by Ruth Elder. The other, No. 113, Curtiss Robin Challenger,…
Thea Rasche (left) and Ruth Elder (right) standing at the Paul Cox Airfield in Terre Haute, Indiana on August 25, 1929. They are standing in front of Rasche’s Gypsy Moth #61. The first Women's Air Derby, also called the Powder Puff Derby, took place…
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.
Codye Gwendolyn Clinkscales is pictured with three of her fellow Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP): Lillian Darlene Calkins (labeled by Codye as "my pal"), Lucille Carey, and Edythe Carleton.
A portrait of Patricia Jetton, who was one of the women who accepted the invitation to undergo astronaut testing at the Lovelace Clinic. Unfortunately, Jetton did not pass the tests. The thirteen women that did pass these tests later became known as…
Test pilot Florence Lowe "Pancho" Barnes stands in front of a piano surrounded by friends at her ranch in Antelope Valley in southern California. The dude ranch, called the Happy Bottom Riding Club, hosted many of her fellow Hollywood test pilots,…