The Women Fly Resource Center Women Pilots First in Flight


	Fay Gillis Wells Fay was one of the original 99's and was the first woman to parachute out of an airplane Amelia Earhart Perhaps the most famous women pilot in history, Amelia Earhart held transcontinental speed and distance records, helped found the 99's and lobbied for womens' rights Marta Bohn Meyer Marta was the first woman to fly in the NASA SR-71 Blackbird spyplane, an engineer for NASA and a champion aerobatic pilot. Beryl Markham Beryl was the first woman in Africa to earn a pilot's license and lived a most unconventional life, highlighted in her lyrical book "West with the Night". Anne Morrow Lindbergh Perhaps one of the most famous women of her time, Anne Lindbergh lived a life of aviation, adventure, romance and sadness, and wrote about it all in her best-selling memoirs and novels. Bessie Coleman First licensed African American pilot in the US, Bessie fought against racism and injustice her whole life. Harriet Quimby First licensed woman pilot in the US, Harriet had a career in journalism and was an outspoken advocate of woman's rights and issues. Jackie Cochran Holder of more aviation records than any pilot in history, Jackie's controversial early history does not cloud her achievements as the Director of the WASP program. Willa Brown Willa fulfilled Bessie Coleman's dream of creating a flight school for African Americans and trained many of the Tuskegee airmen.