Marylise Ben Haïm – Algeria
Marylise Ben Haïm (1928 – 2001) was born in Algiers. Both her parents were Jewish; her father, Moses Ben Haïm, was Berber while her mother, Sultana Stora, was Andalusian. At […]
Touria Chaoui – Morocco
Touria Chaoui (1936 – 1956) was born in Fez. From a young age, Touria had a passion for anything that flew, sensitive to the slightest sound of an airplane flying […]
Effat Tejaratchi – Iran
Returning from an official visit to Turkey in 1939, Reza Shah ordered the founding of the Iranian Aero Club. Effat Tejaratchi (1917 – 1999), who at the age of 22 […]
Sarla Thakral – India
Sarla Thakral (1916 – 2008) was only 21 year old when she became the first Indian woman to earn a pilot licence in 1936. Her husband P. D. Sharma was […]
Loftia Al Nadi – Egypt
In 1933, at the age of 26, Lotfia El Nadi (1907 – 2002) became the first Egyptian female to earn a pilot licence in Egypt. In order to achieve her […]
Bedriye Tahir Gökmen – Turkey
Bedriye Tahir Gökmen (a.k.a Gökmen Baci) was the first Turkish woman to earn a pilot licence in 1933 after training at the Vecihi Flight School.
Ruthy Tu – China
Ruthy Tu became the first Chinese woman to earn a pilot licence (second woman to hold a Chinese pilot licence) in 1932. She trained in the Chinese Army.
María Bernaldo de Quirós – Spain
María Bernaldo de Quirós ( 1913 – 2015 ) learned to fly at the Academy of the Royal Aero Club of Spain in Getafe. On November 24 1928, Bernaldo became […]
Eileen Vollick – Canada
Eileen Vollick (1908-1968) became the first Canadian woman to obtain a pilot licence in March 1928. Born in Wiarton, Ontario, she became a textile analyst at the Hamilton Cotton Company […]