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,…
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…
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…
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 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…
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.
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.
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.
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…
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.
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…
Women's Air Derby contestant's planes sit at the Paul Cox Airport in Terre Haute, Indiana on August 25, 1929. A year before entering the contest, famed aviatrix Amelia Earhart was credited as the first woman to fly across the Atlantic. Earhart worked…
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…
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."