1911: The First Female British Pilot Gets Her License, Goes on to Found a Flying School — Transportation History

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August 29, 1911 Hilda Hewlett became the first British woman to earn an airplane pilot’s license. Hewlett, who was 47 at the time, received certificate number 122 from the Royal Aero Club after she completed a test flight at Brooklands Aerodrome near the town of Weybridge in southeastern England. Hewlett had been born in Central […]

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2 thoughts on “1911: The First Female British Pilot Gets Her License, Goes on to Found a Flying School — Transportation History”

  1. SkyReview.US September 4, 2019 / 5:56 pm

    Very cool. My wife and I watched the Pancho Barnes documentary recently. 😎

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