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Born in Alabama, Katherine Stinson (1891–1977) could not initially find an instructor willing to train her, but ultimately persuaded Max Lillie of the Wright School to give her lessons. In 1911, after just four hours of training, she was able to fly solo. #EarlyWomenAviators This tweet was posted on July 20, 2022.

“First Flights: Early Women Aviators and their Aircraft” is on display post-security in Terminal 3, and online at: https://t.co/cFAFpvsWKR #EarlyWomenAviators #AvGeek #AviationHistory #womeninhistory #aviator #pilot #womeninaviation This tweet was posted on July 15, 2022.

In 1912, Bernetta Adams Miller became the fifth woman in the U.S. to earn a pilot’s license. She became the first woman aviator and the first person to demonstrate a monoplane to the U.S. government when she flew a Moisant/Bleriot for the U.S. Army in 1912. #EarlyWomenAviators This tweet was posted on July 15, 2022.

“First Flights: Early Women Aviators and their Aircraft” is on display post-security in Terminal 3, and online at: https://t.co/cFAFpvsWKR #EarlyWomenAviators #AvGeek #AviationHistory #womeninhistory #aviator #HarrietQuimby #womeninaviation This tweet was posted on July 06, 2022.

In 1911, Harriet Quimby became the first woman in the United States to earn a pilot’s license. She trained and earned her license at the Moisant Aviation School in New York. In 1912, she became the first woman to cross the English Channel in an airplane. #EarlyWomenAviators This tweet was posted on July 06, 2022.

“First Flights: Early Women Aviators and their Aircraft” is on display post-security in Terminal 3, and online at: https://t.co/cFAFpvsWKR #EarlyWomenAviators #AvGeek #AviationHistory #womeninhistory #aviator #pilot This tweet was posted on June 28, 2022.

Matilde Moisant was born in Indiana and learned to fly at her brother’s Moisant Aviation School. Instructed along with her friend Harriet Quimby, Moisant earned her pilot’s license in 1911. She was the second licensed woman aviator in the U.S. at that time. #EarlyWomenAviators This tweet was posted on June 28, 2022.

“First Flights: Early Women Aviators and their Aircraft” is on display post-security in Terminal 3, and online at: https://t.co/cFAFpvsWKR #EarlyWomenAviators #AvGeek #AviationHistory #womeninhistory #aviator #pilot This tweet was posted on June 21, 2022.

One of the earliest female French aviators, Mathilde Franck (1866–1956) was taught to fly by the Farman brothers, Henri (1874–1958) and Maurice (1877–1964), in early 1910. Soon after, she established a record distance flight of fourteen miles.#EarlyWomenAviators #AvGeek This tweet was posted on June 21, 2022.

“First Flights: Early Women Aviators and their Aircraft” is on display post-security in Terminal 3, and online at: https://t.co/cFAFpvsWKR #EarlyWomenAviators #AvGeek #AviationHistory This tweet was posted on June 08, 2022.

The Belgian-born Hélène Dutrieu first flew in early 1910 and earned her pilot’s license from the Aéro-Club de Belgique (Aero Club of Belgium) the same year, becoming only the fourth woman aviator to be licensed. #EarlyWomenAviators #AvGeek #AviationHistory This tweet was posted on June 08, 2022.