Aviation pioneer Wally Funk, the oldest woman to fly in space, dies at 87

Wally Funk, a pioneering aviator who volunteered to be an astronaut for NASA’s “Women in Space Program” in 1961, has died at ...
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Valérie André, first woman to fly a helicopter into combat zones, nicknamed ‘Madame Ventilateur’

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Valérie André in Tonkin, 1952: ‘a one-woman MASH unit’ - alamy ​Valérie André, who has died aged 102, was a brain ...
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She was the first woman to fly as an Air Force Thunderbird. Then she got mysteriously sick.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Air Force pilot Nicole Malachowski flew F-15Es (above) and was the first woman to fly for the Thunderbirds before a tick-borne ...
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The wonderful women and their flying machines

When Sony Rana got her pilot's license in 1988, she became the first Nepali woman to sit in the cockpit. Now, she has become the first Nepali woman to be certified to fly jets after she got her Boeing ...
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The history of the women who changed the world while flying it

See the women who changed the world while flying it. Fly with Me features firsthand accounts and personal stories of pioneering flight attendants. American Experience: Fly with Me Fly With Me tells ...
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Magnificent Women and Flying Machines The First 200 Years of British Women in the Sky

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction and Acknowledgements -- 1 Letitia Sage, 1785 -- The first British woman to fly -- 2 Mrs Hines ...