Betty Jane Williams

Betty Jane “BJ” Williams was a pioneering pilot, educator and promoter of aviation. She earned her private pilot’s license in 1941, and during World War II, she served in the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) as an engineering test pilot.

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Leah Hing

In 1934, she received her pilot’s license, #2741, making her the first U.S.-born Chinese-American woman to earn one.

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