Rosella Bjornson

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Title

Rosella Bjornson

Subject

Women air pilots -- Canada

Description

Black and white photograph of First Officer Rosella Bjornson, wearing pilots' uniform and cap, seated in the cockpit of a Transair of Canada plane.

Caption on the back of the photo reads "First Officer Rosella Bjornson of Pacific Western Airlines (formerly with Transair of Canada.) She was the first Canadian woman airline pilot and the first woman in North America to fly as copilot on a jet aircraft for a scheduled air carrier."

Source

IWASM Photo Archives

Date

ca. 1973-1997

Contributor

Courtesy of Transair of Canada

Rights

Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests contact the International Women's Air & Space Museum at collections@iwasm.org.

Identifier

Photo No. 345

Original Format

Photograph

Citation

“Rosella Bjornson,” International Women's Air & Space Museum, accessed March 28, 2025, https://iwasm.omeka.net/items/show/1462.