Women Pioneers of Flight

She was Jordan's first female pilot to obtain a basic aerobatics certificate.

Amelia Mary Earhart ( AIR-hart; born July 24, 1897; disappeared July 2, 1937; declared dead January 5, 1939) was an American aviator and aviation pioneer who became one of the most celebrated figures of early flight.

Sabiha Gökçen (Turkish: [sabiˈha ɟøcˈtʃɛn], born Ćorović; 22 March 1913-22 March 2001) was a Turkish aviator.

Jacqueline Cochran (born Bessie Lee Pittman; May 11, 1906, August 9, 1980) was an American pilot and business executive.

Beverley Bass (born March 27, 1952) is an American aircraft pilot and was the first female captain of an American Airlines commercial plane.

Ellen Church (September 22, 1904, August 22, 1965) was the first female flight attendant.

Jeannette Ridlon Piccard ( jə-NET pih-KAR; January 5, 1895, May 17, 1981) was an American high-altitude balloonist, and in later life an Episcopal priest, one of the Philadelphia Eleven.

Sheila Christine Scott OBE (née Hopkins; 27 April 1922-20 October 1988) was an English aviator who broke over 100 aviation records through her long-distance flight endeavours, which included a 34,000-mile (55,000 km) "world and a half" flight in 1971.

Hanna Reitsch (29 March 1912-24 August 1979) was a German aviator and test pilot.

Jane Gardner Batten (15 September 1909-22 November 1982), commonly known as Jean Batten, was a New Zealand aviator who made several record-breaking flights, including the first solo flight from England to New Zealand in 1936.

Sophie Blanchard (French pronunciation: [sɔfi blɑ̃ʃaʁ]; 25 March 1778-6 July 1819), commonly referred to as Madame Blanchard, was a French aeronaut and the wife of ballooning pioneer Jean-Pierre Blanchard.

Raymonde de Laroche (22 August 1882-18 July 1919) was a French pilot who became the world's first licensed female pilot on 8 March 1910.

Geraldine "Jerrie" Fredritz Mock (November 22, 1925, September 30, 2014) was an American pilot and the first woman to fly solo around the world.

Hélène Dutrieu (10 July 1877-26 June 1961), was a Belgian cycling world champion, stunt cyclist, stunt motorcyclist, automobile racer, stunt driver, pioneer pilot, wartime ambulance driver, and director of a military hospital.

Kwon Ki-ok (Korean: 권기옥; 11 January 1901-19 April 1988) was a Korean aviator.

Nadine Hwang, or Nadine Huong (Chinese 黃訥亭); (March 3, 1902-1972) was one of the first Chinese female pilots and served in the Chinese Air Force as an honorary colonel.

Sarla Thukral (सरला ठकराल, also spelt Thakral; 8 August 1914-15 March 2008) was among the first Indian women to fly aircraft.

Durba Banerjee was the first Indian woman commercial pilot.

Mariam al-Mansouri (Arabic: مريم حسن سالم المنصوري; born 1979) is the first female fighter pilot in the United Arab Emirates.