This is a timeline of women in aviation which describes many of the firsts and achievements of women as pilots and other roles in aviation. Women who are part of this list have piloted vehicles, including hot-air balloons , gliders , airplanes , dirigibles and helicopters.
Some women have been instrumental in support roles. Others have made a name for themselves as parachutists and other forms of flight-related activities. This list encompasses women's achievements from around the globe. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version. In other projects. Wikidata item. See also [ edit ]. References [ edit ]. Centennial of Women Pilots.
Retrieved 27 November The Challengers : A Century of Ballooning. The Evening News. Retrieved 1 December β via Newspapers. Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 12 December Fogel Aerostat : 12β ISBN University of Houston. Futurism and the Technological Imagination. Amsterdam, the Netherlands: Rodopi. May 14, Archived from the original on July 16, Retrieved 21 December Archived from the original on 12 May Retrieved 26 November Women in Aviation International.
Le Figaro in French. Retrieved 3 December New York Times. Retrieved Retrieved 2 February The Guardian. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company. Before Amelia: women pilots in the early days of aviation 1 ed. Parachute History. Retrieved 1 December Moskva: Voen.
Archived from the original on 2 December South African Power Flying Association. Archived from the original on Retrieved 28 December In Russia, Princess Eugenie Shakhovskaya is the first female military pilot. She flies reconnaissance missions. In Bossler, Beverly Jo ed. Gender and Chinese History: Transformative Encounters. Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Press.
