Kwon Ki-ok, born on 11 January 1901 and died on 19 April 1988, was a Korean aviator, the first Korean female pilot and one of the first female pilots to fly in China. Her name in Chinese is Quan Jiyu. Born in Pyongyang, she was inspired to learn to fly after seeing a 1917 aerobatics demonstration by the American stunt pilot Art Smith. She took part in the March First Movement, spent time in jail, and went into exile in China during the Japanese occupation of Korea. In 1923 she entered the Republic of China Air Force School in Yunnan, graduating in 1925 as the only woman in the first graduating class, and by 1940 she was a lieutenant colonel in the Republic of China air force. She returned to Korea after liberation and was a founding member of the Republic of Korea Air Force.
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Why did Kwon Ki-ok train as a pilot in China?
She was in exile in China when she entered the air force school in Yunnan.
After her release from jail she went into exile in China. There she entered the Republic of China Air Force School in Yunnan in 1923, and she was the only woman in the first graduating class of 1925. After World War II she returned to Korea and was instrumental in the founding of the Republic of Korea Air Force.
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Kwon Ki-ok (Korean: 권기옥; 11 January 1901-19 April 1988) was a Korean aviator.
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