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“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 This tweet was posted on August 16, 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 #aviator #pilot #womeninaviation This tweet was posted on August 10, 2022.

It was reported that while at the school, Lillian Atwater caught a seagull in a net while her husband flew a hydroplane. She never earned a pilot’s license, and it remains unknown if she continued to fly after attending the school. #EarlyWomenAviators #AvGeek This tweet was posted on August 10, 2022.

Lillian Janeway Atwater (1890–1937) was the first woman to fly a hydroplane in the United States. In 1911, she began hydroplane pilot training with her husband William Atwater at the Curtiss School of Aviation in North Island, San Diego. #EarlyWomenAviators #AvGeek This tweet was posted on August 10, 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 August 03, 2022.

Clark overcame the reluctance of Glenn Curtiss to accept her as a student and trained at the Curtiss School of Aviation in North Island, San Diego. After earning her pilot's license, she joined the Curtiss exhibition team billed as "The Daring Bird-Girl." #EarlyWomenAviators This tweet was posted on August 03, 2022.

In 1912, Julia Clark became the third woman in the United States to earn a pilot’s license. Michigan-born Clark (1880–1912) became interested in aviation in 1911, when she attended the Chicago International Aviation Meet. #EarlyWomenAviators This tweet was posted on August 03, 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 July 26, 2022.

Marjorie Stinson (1895-1975) also trained cadets from the Royal Canadian Flying Corps for service in World War I and is credited with training over one hundred pilots during the war. #EarlyWomenAviators This tweet was posted on July 26, 2022.

Inspired to learn to fly by her sister Katherine, Marjorie Stinson trained at the Wright School in 1914 at the age of 18 & became the 9th woman in the U.S. to earn a pilot’s license. In 1915, she was the only woman flying in the U.S. Aviation Reserve Corps. #EarlyWomenAviators This tweet was posted on July 26, 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 July 20, 2022.

In 1912, at age 21, Stinson was the 4th woman in the U.S. to obtain a pilot’s certification. Called “the Flying School Girl,” she quickly became a star aerobatic performer. She was the first woman to perform an aerial loop and the first to fly U.S. airmail. #EarlyWomenAviators This tweet was posted on July 20, 2022.