Before Raymonde de Laroche earned the first female pilot licence in the world on March 8 1910, many women had established breakthroughs that made her success possible.
1784 – First woman to fly – France
1798 – First woman to pilot an aircraft solo – France
Jeanne Labrosse
France
Key accomplishments:
- First woman to pilot an aircraft solo in 1798.
- First woman to parachute jump in 1799.
1799 – First woman to parachute jump – France
Jeanne Labrosse
France
Key accomplishments:
- First woman to pilot an aircraft solo in 1798.
- First woman to parachute jump in 1799.
1903 – First woman to pilot a motorized aircraft – USA
Aida de Acosta
France
Key accomplishments:
- First woman to pilot a motorized aircraft solo in 1903.
1909 – First woman to fly over the North Sea – France
Marie Marving
France
Key accomplishments:
- First woman to fly over the North Sea in 1909.
- First woman to fly in combat in 1915.
- First woman to run a civil air ambulance service in 1934.
- First person licensed to practice aviation para-medicine in 1935.
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