Irish Times- Brain Maye... 'Irish female pioneer pilots of the 1920s and 1930s'...'They shared a love of flying, a sense of adventure and boundless courage'. This is the story of 16 brave famous female pilots. Forward by President Michael D Higgins.
and in her 23 years as a flight instructor she's helped hundreds of people get their licenses.But there's no way the 60-year-old who now pilots a corporate jet for the Pape Group figured she rated any sort of recognition."I don't think I'm doing anything special," Corderman said....
From 1910, women pilots in America performed death-defying stunts, and in England during the 1920s, a clutch of aristocratic flyers were flipping from continent to continent in their private planes. By the 1930s women had produced an abundance of record-makers -- Amy Johnson, Amelia Earhart,...
Elma York’s experience as a WASP pilot and mathematician earns her a place in the International Aerospace Coalition’s attempts to put man on the moon, as a calculator. But with so many skilled and experienced women pilots and scientists involved with the program, it doesn’t take long befo...
United States and back—the first time a female pilot had made the journey alone. In 1929, she founded and participated in the Woman’s Air Derby, an airplane race from Santa Monica, California to Cleveland, Ohio. Earhart finished third, behind noted pilots Louise Thaden and Gladys O’...
United States and back—the first time a female pilot had made the journey alone. In 1929, she founded and participated in the Woman’s Air Derby, an airplane race from Santa Monica, California to Cleveland, Ohio. Earhart finished third, behind noted pilots Louise Thaden and Gladys O’...