LADY PILOTS.com
 

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a woman pilot; aviator

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Pilot Training Resources:

AOPA's Learn to Fly website

How to become a Pilot (FAA)

Student Pilot Training Information (FAA)

Types of Pilot Schools (FAA)

Let's Go Flying (AOPA)


Movies!
(find them on Amazon or other retail sites)

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PEARL

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PANCHO BARNES

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Welcome to the website for Lady Pilots! 

     There are 42,218 FAA certified lady pilots (36,808 in 2009), just six percent of the total pilot population!  This includes 5,600 ATP certified lady pilots - an elite group indeed!  I am happy to be part of that group and the pilot population as a whole.  Enjoy!

Thanks for visiting!

Contact me at: ladypilots@verizon.net


Great Lady Pilot websites:

Centennial of Women Pilots

The Ninety-Nines

Women in Aviation Int'l

WWII Women Soviet Pilots

Ladys Love Taildraggers

Woman Pilot Magazine

Women Helicopter Pilots

Women Military Pilots

Girls with Wings

These websites are for informational purposes and listing them here does not imply endorsement.


Lady Pilot Movies!

Pearl, the movie

The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club

Amelia


Tell your fellow pilots...........

Tell a friend - spread the word!


"When once you have tasted flight,
you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward;
for there you have been,
and there you will always long to return."
     -Leonardo da Vinci


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Scholarship Information:

Large Listing of Scholarships

AOPA Scholarships

Clay Lacy & Conrad

EAA Scholarships

For Women

Leroy W. Homer Scholarship

NBAA Scholarships

The International Assoc. of Women Airline Pilots

The Ninety-Nines

UAA Scholarships

Whirly-Girls Helicopter Scholarship

Women in Corporate Aviation

Women in Aviation International

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WWII WASPs
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Women Airforce Service Pilots from WWII

Theses brave pioneering ladies were the Women Airforce Service Pilots, known as WASPs, in WWII and were the first women in  history trained to fly American military aircraft. The logo/mascot was "Fifinella" and was deisgned by Walt Disney's animators.

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Learn more about the WWII WASPs

WWII Lady Pilots-WASP Museum


Lady Pilots in History
The first 10 women to earn a pilot license worldwide:
  • March 8, 1910 - Raymonde de Laroche - France
  • August 29, 1910 - Marthe Niel - France
  • November 8, 1910 - Marie Marvingt - France
  • November 25, 1910 - Helene Dutrieu - Belgium
  • December 7, 1910 - Jeanne Herveau - France
  • June 15, 1911 - Marie-Louise Driancourt - France
  • August 1, 1911 - Harriet Quimby - USA
  • August 10, 1911 - Lidia Zvereva - Russia
  • August 17, 1911 - Matilde Moissant - USA
  • August 29, 1911 - Hilda Hewitt - England

OTHERS OF NOTE:
Bessie Coleman - First Black Female Pilot
Jackie Cochran
Amelia Earhart
 

Alis Volat Propriis

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