Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS) at Fairchild Plant
Women air pilots -- United States
A group of seven Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS) walk side by side at the Fairchild plant in Hagerstown, Maryland. From left to right, those walking are:
Kathryn (Sis) Bernheim,
Gertrude Meserve,
Dorothy Fulton,
Betty Gillies,
Helen McGilvery,
Teresa James,
and Nancy Batson.
Photo Courtesy of Helen McGilvery
IWASM Original Photo Collection, International Women's Air and Space Museum
1943
Heidi Fearing/Kimberly Cole
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Original Photo No. 632
Hagerstown, Maryland
Jacqueline "Jackie" Cochran and a Staggerwing Beech
Women air pilots -- United States
Aviatrix Jacqueline "Jackie" Cochran standing in front of her plane that is adorned with a victory wreath.
Photo Courtesy of Roger Hubbell
IWASM Original Photo Collection, International Women's Air and Space Museum
ca. 1937
Heidi Fearing/Kimberly Cole
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Original Photo No. 312
Jacqueline "Jackie" Cochran in T-38
Women air pilots -- United States
Aviatrix Jacqueline "Jackie" Cochran standing in the cockpit of a T-38 plane.
Photo Courtesy of Northrop International
IWASM Original Photo Collection, International Women's Air and Space Museum
ca. 1953
Heidi Fearing/Kimberly Cole
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Original Photo No. 604
Edwards Air Force Base, California
Elisabeth Borelli
Women air pilots -- Europe
Elisabeth Borelli stands by her plane holding her helmet.
Original Source Unknown
IWASM Original Photo Collection, International Women's Air and Space Museum
Heidi Fearing/Kimberly Cole
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Original Photo No. 86
Anna-Marie Peltier
Women air pilots -- France
French pilot Anna-Marie Peltier, pictured here with her arms crossed next to a plane, was a F-27 captain for the Air Intern in France. Attached to the photograph is a typed description in French.
Original Source Unknown
IWASM Original Photo Collection, International Women's Air and Space Museum
ca. January 1978
Heidi Fearing/ Kimberly Cole
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Original Photo No. 81
France
Marcelle Choisnet-Gohard
Women air pilots -- France
French pilot Marcelle Choisnet-Gohard in a flight suit getting into a small plane. She held international records for gliding. A paper attached to the bottom of the picture has a description typed in French.
Original Source Unknown
IWASM Original Photo Collection, International Women's Air and Space Museum
ca. January 1978
Heidi Fearing/Kimberly Cole
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Original Photo No. 77
France
Notable Individuals in Flight featuring Blanche Stuart Scott
Women air pilots -- United States
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 edition of the New York World-Telegram that featured a story of the celebration in Washington, D.C. for fifty years of powered flight. The first page features nine photographs of notable individuals, Row 1- Orville Wright, Wilbur Wright, and Berliot. Row 2- Glen Curtiss, Blanche Stuart Scott, and William Mitchell. Row 3- Charles Lindbergh, unknown, and James Doolittle.
New York World-Telegram. New York, New York
IWASM Original Photo Collection, International Women's Air and Space Museum
ca. October 15, 1953
Heidi Fearing/Kimberly Cole
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Original Photo No. 72 106-107 (oversized)
New York, New York
Ruth Nichols World Altitude Flight
Women air pilots -- United States
Ruth Nichols standing in front of her plane, wearing a fur flight suit by Akita. This picture was taken before her world altitude record flight.
Photo Courtesy of Ruth Nichols
IWASM Original Photo Collection, International Women's Air and Space Museum
ca. 1931
Heidi Fearing/Kimberly Cole
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Original Photo No. 656
Ruth Law and Her Curtiss Pusher Aircraft
Women air pilots -- United States
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 [ibid.] in my long distance record flight from Chicago to N.Y. ----1916."
Photo Courtesy of Ruth Law
IWASM Original Photo Collection, International Women's Air and Space Museum
ca. 1916
Heidi Fearing/Kimberly Cole
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Original Photo No. 655
Baroness Raymonde de Laroche
Women air pilots -- France
French aviatrix Baroness Raymonde de Laroche sitting at the controls of a pusher biplane. She was the first woman to ever receive a pilot's license.
Photo Courtesy of Mr. Walter Kimotek
IWASM Original Photo Collection, International Women's Air and Space Museum
ca. 1909-1919
Heidi Fearing/Kimberly Cole
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Original Photo No. 654
France
Beechcraft Airplanes, the Spanish Fleet
Women air pilots -- United States
17 Beechcraft airplanes with Spanish N-numbers sit outside a Beechcraft factory in preparation for delivery to Spain.
Photo Courtesy of Louise Sacchi
IWASM Original Photo Collection, International Women's Air and Space Museum
ca. 1971
Heidi Fearing/Kimberly Cole
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Original Photo No. 653
Louise Sacchi
Women air pilots -- United States
Louise Sacchi standing beside a Beechcraft plane in front of a Beechcraft factory. She is wearing “The Spanish Medal.” Sacchi was preparing to deliver the Spanish Fleet of Beechcraft airplanes to Spain in 1971.
Photo Courtesy of Virginia Thomas
IWASM Original Photo Collection, International Women's Air and Space Museum
ca. 1971
Heidi Fearing
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Original Photo No. 652
Virginia Thomas
Women air pilots -- United States
Aviatrix Virgina Thomas standing next to a plane. She is wearing an Amelia Earhart medallion pendant and a Ninety-Nines pin.
Photo Courtesy of Virginia Thomas
IWASM Original Photo Collection, International Women's Air and Space Museum
ca. 1961
Heidi Fearing/Kimberly Cole
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Original Photo No. 651
Virginia Thomas Accepts the Ohio Achievement Award
Women air pilots -- United States
Virginia Thomas accepting the Ohio Achievement Award in 1956. She joined the Ninety-Nines in 1947.
IWASM
IWASM Original Photo Collection, International Women's Air and Space Museum
Glenn Buffington
ca. 1956
Heidi Fearing/Kimberly Cole
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Original Photo No. 650
Ohio
Louise Sacchi and a Cessna 140
Women air pilots -- United States
Aviatrix Louise Sacchi standing in front of a Cessna 140.
IWASM
IWASM Original Photo Collection, International Women's Air and Space Museum
Heidi Fearing/Kimberly Cole
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Original Photo No. 640
Jacqueline "Jackie" Cochran and Chuck Yeager
Women air pilots -- United States
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.
IWASM
IWASM Original Photo Collection, International Women's Air and Space Museum
Northrup
ca. 1961
Heidi Fearing/Kimberly Cole
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Original Photo No. 638
Edwards Air Force Base, California
Alys McKey Bryant
Women air pilots -- United States
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.
IWASM
IWASM Original Photo Collection, International Women's Air and Space Museum
July 31, 1913
Heidi Fearing/Kimberly Cole
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Original Photo No. 625
Vancouver, British Columbia
Geraldine "Jerri" Sloan Truhill Wearing a John Weyatts Flight Suit
Women air pilots -- United States
Geraldine "Jerri" Sloan Truhill standing in front of a plane, wearing a Lycra flight suit designed by John Weyatts.
IWASM
IWASM Original Photo Collection, International Women's Air and Space Museum
Jerri Sloan Truhill
ca. 1960s
Heidi Fearing/Kimberly Cole
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Original Photo No. 622
Texas
Page Shamburger
Women air pilots -- United States
Aviatrix Page Shamburger is best known for being the first woman to fly into the eye of a hurricane in 1965.
IWASM
IWASM Original Photo Collection, International Women's Air and Space Museum
Budd (NYC)
Heidi Fearing/Kimberly Cole
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Original Photo No. 620
New York
Blanche Noyes, Louise Smith, and Virginia Thompson with President John F. Kennedy
Women air pilots -- United States
Aviatrixes Blanche Noyes, Louise Smith, and Virginia Thompson, presenting the first Amelia Earhart Day Cover to President John F. Kennedy.
IWASM
IWASM Original Photo Collection, International Women's Air and Space Museum
Louise Smith
ca. 1963
Heidi Fearing/Kimberly Cole
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Original Photo No. 619
Washington, D.C.
Jacqueline "Jackie" Cochran in the Cockpit
Women air pilots -- United States
Famous aviator
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.
IWASM
IWASM Original Photo Collection, International Women's Air and Space Museum
Irving Rosenberg
ca. 1937
Heidi Fearing/Kimberly Cole
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Original Photo No. 617
New York
Tracy Pilurs with Stuffed Animal Cat Mascot
Women air pilots -- United States
Famous aviator
Aviatrix Tracy Pilurs seated in the cockpit of her bi-plane accompanied by her stuffed animal cat mascot.
IWASM
IWASM Original Photo Collection, International Women's Air and Space Museum
Tracy Pilurs
ca. 1960s
Heidi Fearing/Kimberly Cole
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Original Photo No. 616
Chicago, Illinois
Jacqueline "Jackie" Cochran Stamp
Women air pilots -- United States
Famous Aviator
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 honor her. The picture in the stamp's background depicts Cochran's Seversky plane winning the Bendix Trophy air race in 1938.
IWASM
IWASM Original Photo Collection, International Women's Air and Space Museum
US Postal Service
ca. 1996
Heidi Fearing/Kimberly Cole
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Original Photo No. 605
Jacqueline "Jackie" Cochran
Women air pilots -- United States
Famous Aviator
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.
Photo from Northrop International, A Division of Northrop Corporation, Beverly Hills, California, U. S. A.
IWASM
IWASM Original Photo Collection, International Women's Air and Space Museum
August 24, 1961
Heidi Fearing
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Original Photo No. 604
Edwards Air Force Base, California
Ruth Elder at the 1929 Women's Air Derby
Women air pilots -- United States
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 and ended in Cleveland, Ohio with some stops for rest and refueling in between.
IWASM
IWASM Original Photo Collection, International Women's Air and Space Museum
Paul Black
ca. 1929
Heidi Fearing/Kimberly Cole
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Original Photo No. 602
Terre Haute, Indiana