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Timeline of women in aviation and space history.
- 1784 – First woman to fly – Marie Élisabeth Thible, France
- 1798 – First woman to pilot an aircraft solo – Jeanne Labrosse, France
- 1799 – First woman to parachute jump – Jeanne Labrosse, France
- 1903 – First woman to pilot a motorized aircraft solo – Aida de Acosta, U.S.A.
- 1910 – First woman to earn a pilot license – Raymonde de Laroche, France
- 1911 – First woman to win an air race – Hélène Dutrieu, Belgium / France
- 1911 – First woman to teach her child to fly – Hilda Hewlett, England
- 1912 – First woman to patent an aircraft design – Amelie Hedwig Beese, Germany
- 1912 – First woman to pilot a seaplane – Hélène Dutrieu, Belgium / France
- 1912 – First woman to fly over the English Channel – Harriet Quimby, U.S.A.
- 1913 – First commissioned female airmail pilot – Katherine Stinson, U.S.A.
- 1914 – First woman to fly an aerobatic maneuver (loop) – Lidia Zvereva, Russia
- 1915 – First woman to fly in combat – Marie Marvingt, France
- 1921 – First black female to obtain a pilot license – Bessie Coleman, U.S.A.
- 1927 – First female airline pilot – Marga von Etzdorf, Germany
- 1929 – First female movie stunt pilot – Florence Lowe Barnes, U.S.A.
- 1930 – First female pilots to refuel a plane in flight – Elinor Smith & Evelyn Trout, U.S.A.
- 1934 – First woman to flight instruct at a military flight academy – Marina Mikhailovna Raskova, Russia
- 1935 – First certificated flight nurse – Marie Marvingt, France
- 1937 – First woman to fly a fighter aircraft in combat – Sabiha Gökçen, Turkey
- 1937 – First woman to pilot a helicopter – Hanna Reitsch, Germany
- 1943 – First and only women to receive the Ace Pilot designation – Lidya Litvyak & Katya Budanova, Russia
- 1944 – First woman to pilot a jet– Hanna Reitsch, Germany
- 1948 – First female agricultural pilot – Ada Rogato, Brazil
- 1953 – First woman to break the sound barrier – Jacqueline Cochran, U.S.A.
- 1955 – First woman to hold a test pilot license – Jacqueline Auriol, France
- 1963 – First woman to fly in space – Valentina Tereshkova, Russia
- 1964 – First woman to fly solo around the world – Geraldine (Jerrie) Mock, U.S.A.
- 1993 – First woman to fly a supersonic airline jet – Barbara Harmer, England
- 2009 – First woman to lead a national demonstration aerobatic team – Virginie Guyot, France.
Source: womenofaviationweek.iwoaw.org
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