Aviation Milestones

Originally published in 2003

Some Notable Women in Aviation History Part 1

• 1906: E. Lillian Todd (USA) – First woman to design and build an aircraft
• 1908: Therese Peltier (France) – First woman to pilot an aircraft
• 1910: Blanche Stuart Scott (USA) – First woman to Solo an Airplane
• 1910: Raymonde de Laroche (France) – First woman in the world to receive a pilot license
• 1911: Melli Beese (Germany) – First woman in Germany to receive a pilot license
• 1911: Harriet Quimby (USA) – First U.S. woman to earn a pilot certificate and to cross the English Channel
• 1915: Katherine Stinson (USA) – First female aerobatic pilot
• 1918: Marjorie Stinson (USA) – First woman airmail pilot
• 1921: Bessie Coleman (USA) – First African-American (male or female) to receive a pilot license
• 1922: Tadashi Hyodo (Japan) – First woman in Japan to receive a pilot license