Myths and Legends

Otto Lilienthal
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World War I
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-Rosella Bjornson was the only woman out of 2800 commercial pilots.

-Major Wendy Clay, M.D. was the first woman to receive her military wings.

-Major Deanna Brasseur was one of the first women to receive her operational military wings.

-Adele Fogle established her own aviation company.

-Violet Milstead worked for the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA).

-Marion Orr worked for the ATA.

-Helen Harrison worked for the ATA.

-Molly Reilly worked in an aerial photography unit.

-Elsie MacGill was the worldís first female aeronautical engineer.

-Felicity McKendry made model airplanes as a child. She earned her pilotís license in 1951. Now she takes her grandchildren up for flights.

-Madge Graham was the first woman to fly from Nova Scotia to Quebec.

-Eileen Vollick was the first woman to obtain her private pilotís license.

-Gertrude de la Vernge was the first female licensed pilot in Alberta.