Matilda Weinling
Ann, Matilda, Elizabeth and Eugenie Weinling were the first women at the Royal Balloon Factory.
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Winnie Drinkwater
Scotswoman Winnie Drinkwater was a very well-known pilot and engineer in the 1930s.
Lettice Curtis
Pioneering British commercial pilot and aeronautical engineer.
Rose Lok
The first and possibly only Chinese American woman pilot to solo at what is now known as Boston’s Logan Airport
Fannie Griffin McClendon
Member of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion in WWII
Wally Funk
Funk was a member of the First Lady Astronaut Trainees (also known as the “Mercury 13“).
Alta Corbett
During World War II, Alta Corbett went to Washington, D.C., and worked for the War Department in the Air Branch. Corbett was accepted into the Women Airforce Service Pilot program in 1943.
Barbara Erickson London
In August 1942, while an instructor at Walla Walla, she was accepted into the Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron.
Dorothy Olsen
When she joined the Women Airforce Service Pilots in 1943, she ferried aircraft, making 61 flights delivering many types of planes.
Dorothy E Scott
WASP Dorothy F. Scott was killed in a mid-air collision on December 3, 1943.