Event Types: Aviation and Aeronautics

Harita Kaur Deol becomes the first woman pilot to fly solo in the Indian Air Force at age 22, flying in an Avro HS-748.

The Dole Air Race begins from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, during which six out of the eight participating planes crash or disappear. One of these was 22-year-old Mildred Doran, […]

Aviator Maude ‘Lores’ Bonney broke the Australian record for the longest one-day flight by a woman. On Christmas Day, she flew from Brisbane to Wangaratta, Victoria, completing the longest one-day […]

Peruvian Airlines Electra crashes at headwaters of Amazon, killing all except Juliane Margaret Koepcke, who was found 10 days later.

The Wright brothers make the first sustained motorized aircraft flight at 10:35 AM. Their success arguably would not have been possible without the support of their sister Katharine, who managed […]

Gladys Sandford becomes New Zealand’s irst licensed female pilot.

Lotfia Al Nadi, Egypt’s first licensed female pilot, became the first Egyptian woman to fly a plane solo from Cairo to Alexandria in an international race. She finished first, but […]

Ljuba Galantchikova becomes Estonia’s first licensed female pilot.

Effat Tejaratchi, Iran’s first licensed female pilot, logged her first solo flight.

Maria Bernaldo de Quiros becomes Spain’s first licensed female pilot.