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