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Helen Richey
Helen Richey sitting for a portrait in a uniform.
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 Plane
Aviatrix pioneer Harriet Quimby sitting in her Bleriot plane about to take off.
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…
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
Harriet Quimby wearing her purple satin flying suit. On August 1, 1911, Quimby was the first woman to receive a pilot's license in the United States. The next year, on April 16, 1912, she was the first woman to fly the English Channel solo.
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Gwendolyn Cowart
Gwendolyn Cowart entering P-47 cockpit.
Group Picture at a Women's Advisory Committee on Aviation (WACOA) Meeting
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.
Gladys O'Donnell
Gladys O'Donnell sitting in the cockpit of the plane "Dick Joy."
Geraldine "Jerri" Sloan Truhill Wearing a John Weyatts Flight Suit
Geraldine "Jerri" Sloan Truhill standing in front of a plane, wearing a Lycra flight suit designed by John Weyatts.
Georgiana McConnell
A portrait of Georgiana McConnell, who was one of the women who accepted the invitation to undergo astronaut testing at the Lovelace Clinic. Unfortunately, McConnell did not pass the tests. The thirteen women that did pass these tests later became…
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.
Florence Lowe "Pancho" Barnes at Happy Bottom Riding Ranch
Florence Lowe "Pancho" Barnes,standing behind the bar of her ranch talking to a guest. She was a record breaking aviatrix, stunt pilot, and member of the Ninety-Nines. In 1935 she bought land in southern California's Antelope Valley where she built…
Florence Lowe "Pancho" Barnes
Florence Lowe "Pancho" Barnes standing with her airplane, the Travel Air Mystery Ship.
Florence Lowe "Pancho" Barnes
A portrait of Florence Lowe "Pancho" Barnes.
Florence Lowe "Pancho" Barnes
Florence Lowe "Pancho" Barnes standing next to a plane.
Florence Lowe "Pancho" Barnes
Florence Lowe "Pancho" Barnes standing in front of a small aircraft in her flying attire.
Five Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP)
Five Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) stand for a picture. They are labeled from left to right as Darlene Calkins, Codye Gwen Clinkscales, Nancy Bulkeley, Lucille A. Carey, and Edythe Carleton.
First Officer Lynn Rippelmeyer
First Officer Lynn Rippelmeyer at the controls of a Seaboard World Airlines Boeing 747. In 1980, Rippelmeyer was the first woman to fly as a pilot on the Boeing 747. She was later hired by People Express Airlines, where she was a co-captain of the…
Fanny Godard
A reproduction of a photograph from the Musee de L’air N’ of balloonist Fanny Godard holding a sandbag in a balloon at the Paris Trivoli Gardens in France.
This photograph is a reproduction document from the Musee de L'air N'.
This photograph is a reproduction document from the Musee de L'air N'.
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…
Elise Owen
Elise Owen, member of the Connecticut Civil Air Patrol, stands at attention for this photograph.
Elisabeth Borelli
Elisabeth Borelli stands by her plane holding her helmet.
Dot Lemon
Dot Lemon pictured in her North American AT-6 Racer.